OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha authorities say a missing 5-year-old boy has been found locked in a school bus.

Samuel Van Tha Bik was found about 9 p.m. Wednesday, five hours after his scheduled release from classes at Field Club Elementary School.

He was reported missing around 6 p.m., and authorities used a helicopter as part of their search. The boy’s father told authorities he thought a substitute driver was operating the bus.

Police say officers talked to the bus driver, who said he’d dropped off the boy at home. Officers then went to where the school buses and vans were parked and found the boy sitting in one. The driver was cited for child neglect.

School officials intend to discuss the situation Thursday with the bus service contractor.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officials at an Omaha high school acknowledge a deaf student had his backpack stolen and vandalized, but say the student wasn’t the target of bullies.

Alex Hernandez has seen an outpouring of support since his backpack was taken last week from Burke High’s lunchroom. A computer tablet inside was stolen and the rest of its contents were dumped in a school toilet. Hernandez told several news outlets that he believed he was targeted because of his disability. Among things ruined was a battery for his cochlear implant, which allows him to hear his teachers.

School administrators have determined the students who stole the backpack didn’t know it belonged to a deaf student.

The school says the tablet has been returned and the students disciplined.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police have identified the Douglas County sheriff’s deputies who fatally shot a suspect in southeast Omaha and released more details of the shooting.

Police say the shooting happened Tuesday afternoon when deputies trying to serve an arrest warrant on 25-year-old David Anderson approached him as he was in a parked pickup. Police say witnesses reported that Anderson twice rammed a sheriff’s vehicle as he was approached, and two deputies fired at least nine shots.

Police say Anderson fled and soon crashed. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. An autopsy shows he was shot eight times.

A 19-year-old woman with Anderson also was treated for minor injuries, but was not shot.

Police say the deputies, now on paid leave, are 37-year-old Michael Jones, a 13-year veteran, and 33-year-old Scott Kuzminski, a nine-year veteran.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A male inmate at a Missouri jail has been charged with raping a female inmate after another inmate freed him using a key that a guard left in a door.

The Jackson County prosecutor’s office said Wednesday that 29-year-old Dontae Jefferson of Kansas City is also charged with burglary and sexual abuse in the incident at the Jackson County Regional Correctional Center.

It’s unclear how Jefferson got inside the woman’s cell.

Online court records don’t list Jefferson’s attorney. Bond is set at $1 million.

Another female inmate last month alleged she was assaulted in her cell, prompting an investigation into reports that three inmates were wandering freely in the jail. That investigation continues. An independent audit also was ordered.

Authorities subsequently removed nearly two dozen female inmates from the facility.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police have arrested a 26-year-old man suspected in the slaying of an Omaha resident.

Omaha police say 26-year-old Rolander Brown was taken into custody Wednesday. He’s charged with murder and other crimes in the May 28 shooting death of 40-year-old Carlos Alonzo.

Online court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could be contacted to comment on Brown’s behalf.

In July police arrested 47-year-old Doloma Curtis in connection with the case. Curtis has been charged with being an accessory to a felony. Curtis’ attorney didn’t immediately return a call Wednesday from The Associated Press.