OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say one man is dead after officers say they shot their way into a burning apartment to get to the victim and his attacker.

48-year-old Steven Edwards died at Creighton University Medical Center hours after being pulled from the burning apartment.

Witnesses reported a stabbing and someone pouring gasoline on others at the apartment around 7:35 a.m. Friday. When police arrived, they could see flames, but the suspect had locked the door. When officers couldn’t break down the door, police say, one officer fired four shots at the lock on the door to get in.

Officers then used a stun gun on the suspect, 32-year-old Antone Page, who was flown to St. Elizabeth Regional Burn and Wound Center in Lincoln.

NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — Sales tax issues will be voted upon in at least four communities in northeast Nebraska during the Tuesday primary.

Residents in Oakland, Albion, Meadow Grove and Leigh will vote on local sales tax increase proposals. The local tax would be collected in addition to the state’s 5.5 percent sales tax.

In Oakland, the proposal would raise the city’s sales tax a half-percent to 1.5 cents on every dollar to benefit streets, police and parks.

Albion voters will decide whether to continue collecting an existing half-cent tax for a swimming pool and property tax relief.

Meadow Grove and Leigh are seeking a 1.5 percent sales tax to be used for community improvements.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An 11-year-old Nebraska girl has been hospitalized after a witness says her hair got caught in a spinning Cinco de Mayo carnival ride and she suffered a head injury.

Police say she was taken to Nebraska Medicine after the accident Saturday afternoon although her injuries are not life threatening.

A witness told Omaha television station WOWT that the girl’s hair got caught in a spinning ride called King’s Clown.

Police say the girl was not thrown from the ride.

WOWT reports that other children in her compartment began screaming for help, and the ride was stopped.

The ride was shut down Saturday, but other rides at the carnival continued to operate.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two suspects wanted in connection to a fatal shooting of two men outside a motorcycle club in northeast Omaha, Nebraska, have been arrested in Missouri.

Bryana Larimer with the Columbia Police Department said Friday that 36-year-old Phillip Osby, who faces second-degree murder and weapons charges, and 39-year-old Zabrina Dunn-Osby, who was wanted on a terroristic threats charge, were arrested.

The two suspects are accused of being involved in the April 16 shooting deaths of 47-year-old Allen McReynolds and 52-year-old Victor Beatty.

The suspects have been transported to the Boone County Jail, where they will await extradition to Omaha. It was not immediately clear if the two have attorneys.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a man convicted of killing an Omaha jewelry store owner during a botched robbery.

Milton Dortch Jr. was convicted last August of first-degree felony murder. The judge cited its occurrence during the crime of attempted robbery. Prosecutors say Dortch tried to rob James Minshall Sr.’s store in September 2014. Dortch says he shot Minshall only because he saw Minshall try to get a gun. Dortch said he never planned to shoot anyone.

He said in his appeal there wasn’t enough evidence for conviction and that he abandoned his robbery plan before shooting Minshall, so the killing did not occur during a robbery.

The Supreme Court said Friday the evidence proved the slaying occurred during another crime, attempted robbery, thus constituting murder.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha authorities say two men have been hospitalized for burns after a police officer fired his handgun and another fired his stun gun after breaking into a blazing apartment.

Officers and firefighters were dispatched around 7:35 a.m. Friday after someone reported a stabbing and that someone had poured gasoline on someone else. Police say the officers broke down an apartment door to get inside and that the shootings soon followed. Both men were sent to Creighton University Medical Center and then to a Lincoln burn center. Another person was treated for minor injuries.

Police officials say in a news release they’re uncertain whether the men were struck by either a bullet or the stun gun dart. No officers were injured. It’s unclear so far why the officers used their weapons.