OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An off-duty Omaha police officer needed surgery after being shot in the stomach while visiting a friend’s home on the northwest edge of the city.

Douglas County Sheriff Tim Dunning says the incident that happened Monday morning in a barn near Bennington appears to have been an accident.

The 38-year-old officer’s friend was holding a .357 Magnum that went off and wounded the officer.

Authorities didn’t immediately identify the people involved in the incident Monday.

Omaha police said the officer was in stable condition Monday.

The Nebraska State Patrol, in conjunction with the Nemaha County Sheriff’s Office, have made an arrest in connection with a disturbance and stabbing in Peru over the weekend.

Jeffland R. Neverson, 24, a student at Peru State College was taken into custody without incident around 11:00 a.m., Monday, Sept. 19, at a residence in Peru. Neverson, was lodged in the Nemaha County Jail on a charge of 1st-degree assault and use of a weapon to commit a felony.

His arrest follows a response around 10:15 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 17, by the Nemaha County Sheriff’s office to a report of a disturbance and stabbing near the 1000 block of 5th Street in Peru.

The Nebraska State Patrol was requested to assist with the incident and investigation. Injured in the incident were, Elijah Lavalais-Hawkins, 20, Larry Hodnett, 19, and Anthony Hemingway, 23. All three are students at Peru State College.

Hemingway was treated and released from the Nemaha County Hospital on Sunday, Sept. 18. Hawkins and Hodnett were both transported to the Nemaha County Hospital and then flown with non-life threatening injuries by medical helicopter to Bryan Trauma Center, West Campus.

The investigation into what led to the disturbance and stabbings continues.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 30-year-old man accused of being a serial rapist has been given 90 to 100 years in prison.

Christopher Ennis was sentenced Monday in Omaha. He had faced six counts of sexual assault, one count of attempted sexual assault and one count of strangulation until reaching a deal with prosecutors. He pleaded no contest to two counts of sexual assault.

Prosecutors say Ennis attacked as many as seven women over three years as they walked alone. Ennis is accused of grabbing the women from behind and dragging them behind bushes or buildings before assaulting them. Authorities say Ennis choked one of the women until she was unconscious.

Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine has said a plea agreement was reached so the women would not have to testify at trial.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a Bellevue man has been killed in an Omaha motorcycle crash.

The accident was reported around 6:20 Sunday morning. Omaha police say the speeding eastbound motorcycle failed to negotiate a turn to the south and struck a fence and post. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police identified the man as 31-year-old Joshua Sheard.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say they’ve recovered a stolen handgun used by a man who shot at two vehicles and then was shot by officers on the campus of Creighton University.

Police said in a news release Sunday night the 26-year-old man has been hospitalized for several wounds. He was shot a little after 6 a.m. Sunday after officers confronted him on the campus. Police say the man had shot at two occupied vehicles a few blocks away, striking the vehicles but missing the people inside.

Police say the .22-caliber handgun recovered from the man had been reported stolen Jan. 22.

The officers who fired at the man were identified as Austin Taylor, a veteran of two years on the force, and Aaron Anderson, a 12-year veteran.