First responders found the body of the husband of Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert at the couple’s house Friday afternoon, multiple media outlets said.
Authorities received a call at 1:53 p.m. about a shooting at Joe and Jean Stothert’s southwest Omaha home in the St. Andrew’s Pointe neighborhood south of 120th and Q Streets.
Police dispatchers told Omaha television station KETV NewsWatch 7 the shooting appeared to be self-inflicted.
A spokesperson for the mayor and a spokesperson for the mayor’s campaign had no immediate comment.
Dr. Stothert was a critical care surgery specialist associated with the Nebraska Medical Center. He has been a practicing physician for more than 47 years.
Stothert, 72, attended medical schools in St. Louis and Washington State. He married his wife in 1981, and the Stothert family moved to Omaha in 1992.
Dr. Stothert served for 18 years as medical director for the Omaha Fire Department’s emergency medical service, stepping down from that role in 2013.
