NIOBRARA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say they’re seeking a man who disarmed a police officer in northeast Nebraska, pointed the gun at the officer and then ran.

On Wednesday Nebraska State Patrol spokeswoman Deb Collins said 25-year-old David Hoffman has not been caught yet.

The Knox County Sheriff’s Office says on its Facebook page that it’s believed he may have left the area. The search began after a Niobrara officer tried to arrest Hoffman Tuesday afternoon on a Knox County warrant.

The patrol and other agencies joined the search for Hoffman as Niobrara schools and some businesses were locked down. Officers searched cabins and other buildings at Niobrara State Park.

The warrant says Hoffman’s charged with burglary and theft. Court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment on Hoffman’s behalf.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a woman has been accused of involvement in the death of a 4-year-old Omaha girl.

Officers were sent to a northeast Omaha home around 10 p.m. Tuesday after a caller reported a death. Police said in a news release Wednesday that investigators determined that a crime was involved in the death of Alicia Morrow.

Officers arrested a 22-year-old woman there and booked her into Douglas County Jail on suspicion of criminal homicide. Online court records don’t show that she’s been charged yet.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha Public Schools board has approved a $250,000 settlement with the mother of seventh-grader who drowned at a middle school in 2014.

The district voted in favor of the settlement Monday night.

Demariont’e Brown-Elliott was found in Nathan Hale Middle School’s pool during gym class in November 2014.

Adrienne Elliott filed a $1 million claim against the district last January, alleging that her 12-year-old son died because of negligence by district employees and administrators who failed to ensure student safety and properly supervise the swim class.

The district admits no wrongdoing or liability in the settlement, which also bars Elliott and her attorneys from speaking publicly about the claims.

The district also agreed to pay $5,000 for the boy’s funeral services.

On January 4, 2016, at 11:35 a.m., members of the Lincoln Police Department and Lincoln Fire & Rescue responded to the report of shots fired and a man injured in the 1300 block of N. 20th Street.

Officers found 27-year-old James William Carr lying in front of 1337 N. 20th Street, with multiple gunshot wounds. He was declared deceased at the scene. It is not known how many times James Carr was shot. An autopsy has been scheduled for January 5, 2016.

Through further investigation, 24-year-old Matthew Pavey was developed as a suspect. He had been talking outside with the victim just prior to the shots. The two men have had an on-going feud with one another. Matthew Pavey taken into custody at 2:30 p.m. at a residence in the 2900 block of S. 11th Street. He was later arrested for 1st degree Murder and Use of a Weapon to Commit a Felony. He was lodged at the Lancaster County Jail.

The investigation is on-going. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact an LPD investigator at 402.441.6000 or submit information anonymously via Crime Stoppers, 402.475.3600.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 24-year-old man has been arrested in Lincoln, suspected of shooting to death another man who police say died in an alley.

Authorities say police officers and medics were dispatched around 11:35 a.m. Monday to the report of a shooting. They found the wounded man in the alley just east of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s City Campus. He was pronounced dead there.

Police say witness statements led officers to the man, who was arrested Monday afternoon.

Online court records don’t show that the man has been charged yet.

NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a 57-year-old man who died after his all-terrain vehicle broke through ice on a pond in northeast Nebraska.

On Monday the Madison County Sheriff’s Department identified him as Randall Simpson, of rural Norfolk. Rescuers pulled him from the pond late Saturday afternoon. He was pronounced dead later at a hospital.

Authorities say Simpson was unable to get his seat belt disconnected as the ATV sank into the icy water.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln police are investigating the shooting death of a man just east of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s City Campus.

Officer Katie Flood says officers were dispatched to check a report of a shooting at 11:35 a.m. Monday. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Flood says officers are poring over the neighborhood, looking for witnesses and evidence. She would not confirm that the man was a homicide victim.

No arrests have been reported.

University police urged students and staffers to avoid the area during the city officers’ investigation.

WOOD RIVER, Neb. (AP) — The son of a fallen Nebraska firefighter is following in his father’s footsteps by joining the profession.

Wood River native Matt Woitalewicz received his badge as a firefighter in Lincoln in November. His father, Kenny, died after trying to save an elderly woman in a house fire in 2004.

Woitalewicz’s father was a captain with the Wood River volunteer fire department. He said he wants to honor what his father did.

His mother, Melissa, says she wanted to make sure her son wasn’t becoming a firefighter only because of what happened to his father. She says her son has “what it takes.”

Woitalewicz says he tries not to let worries creep in, but says that’s why all firefighters train and prepare.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln’s new, 17-block-long protected lane has proved popular with bicyclists.

But, they say, unfortunately, it’s also proved popular with a few car and truck drivers.

The $3.2 million N Street Bike Track connects the Haymarket district on the west side of downtown Lincoln with Antelope Valley trails and beyond to the east.

Cyclist Gary Bentrup said the lane’s curbs and dividers could be confusing some drivers.

The city plans to add more street striping at certain intersections this week to help keep cars in their designated lanes while turning. The city also intends to install more 3- or 4-foot tall reflective plastic tubes in and near the bike lane to deter motorized traffic.

WAYNE, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a pilot has been found dead at the scene of a plane crash in northeast Nebraska.

The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office says the wreckage of the single-engine Cessna 172 was found around 1:30 a.m. Monday in rural Wayne County. The pilot was pronounced dead at the scene. His name hasn’t been released, pending notification of relatives.

The Sheriff’s Office says the plane was reported overdue Sunday and had gone off radar. It had been diverted to the Wayne County airport from its destination of Sioux City, Iowa, because of bad weather.

Tom Becker manages the Wayne County facility, and he says Columbia, Missouri, was the last known stop for the aircraft.

Federal authorities will be investigating.