LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have released the names of a man fatally shot by Lincoln officers and the women police say he was suspected of shooting.
On Monday police identified the man as 22-year-old Germichael Kennedy, of Lincoln. Police say two officers confronted Kennedy on a Lincoln street around 9 a.m. Sunday and shot him when he pointed a handgun at them.
Police say investigators think he fatally shot 20-year-old Marlene Rashidi and wounded 23-year-old Dezarae Mann as the two were sitting in separate cars around 3 a.m. Sunday.
Rashidi was identified as a Lincoln High School graduate who was attending the University of Nebraska at Kearney and was on the track team.
Police don’t yet know whether Mann and Rashidi were acquainted but say Rashidi and Kennedy knew each other.