--- description: A crewmember working for the COPS television show was killed Wednesday after being shot by police responding to an armed robbery at a Omaha, Nebraska fast food restaurant. title: COPS Television Crewmember Killed in Omaha Police Shootout image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _COPS_ Crewmember Dies After Being Shot By Police During Robbery by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 27, 2014 8:51 PM CUT by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 27, 2014 8:51 PM CUT A crewmember working for the television show _COPS_ was killed Wednesday after being shot by police responding to an armed robbery at an Omaha, Nebraska fast food restaurant. Officers called to the Tuesday night theft fired over 30 shots into the Wendy’s restaurant, according to the [Omaha World Herald](http://www.omaha.com/news/crime/officials-cops-tv-show-crew-member-dies-after-being-shot/article%5Fa919c242-2d98-11e4-9cee-001a4bcf6878.html "undefined"). The robbery suspect, later identified by local officials as Cortez Washington, was reportedly holding an plastic pellet gun which officers mistook for a lethal weapon. Washington, 32, was killed in the shooting, as was Bryce Dion, 38, the _COPS_ crewmember. At a press conference in Omaha on Wednesday, representatives from [Langley Productions](http://www.langleyproductions.com/ "undefined"), which produces _COPS_, said Dion was “one of our best guys.” The Langley spokesperson added that Dion was “very talented” and “very dedicated to his job.” _COPS_ is a long-running show, formerly on Fox and now on Spike, which documents real-world police activities. \[[_Omaha World Herald_](http://www.omaha.com/news/crime/officials-cops-tv-show-crew-member-dies-after-being-shot/article%5Fa919c242-2d98-11e4-9cee-001a4bcf6878.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3197730/cops-crewmember-dies-police/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3197730/cops-crewmember-dies-police/"},"headline":"COPS Crewmember Dies After Being Shot By Police During Robbery","datePublished":"2014-08-27T20:51:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:53:24.738Z","description":"Bryce Dion, 38, died Wednesday following a shootout in an Omaha Wendy's late Tuesday","url":"https://time.com/3197730/cops-crewmember-dies-police/","keywords":["Crime","Television","Cops","nebraska"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3197730/cops-crewmember-dies-police/","name":"COPS Crewmember Dies After Being Shot By Police During Robbery"}}]}] ```