OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a man convicted of killing four people in Omaha last summer should undergo a psychiatric evaluation in prison, rather than being taken to a state psychiatric hospital.

Douglas County District Judge Peter Bataillon issued the ruling Friday after prosecutors argued that moving Nikko Jenkins from the Lincoln prison where he’s being held to a psychiatric hospital would pose a security risk.

A defense psychiatrist says Jenkins’ mental state had deteriorated since he was convicted in April of four counts of first-degree murder.

Jenkins is awaiting sentencing for the August 2013 deaths of Curtis Bradford, Jorge Cajiga-Ruiz, Juan Uribe-Pena and Andrea Kruger.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan was critically injured Saturday after a tractor-trailer rammed into his chauffeured limousine bus, setting off a chain-reaction crash that left one member of his entourage dead and two others seriously hurt, authorities said.

A truck driver from Georgia was charged with death by auto in connection to the crash, prosecutors said. Middlesex County prosecutors said 35-year-old Kevin Roper, of Jonesboro, also faces four counts of assault by auto stemming from the crash. His bail was set at $50,000, and he was expected to turn himself in later Saturday. It wasn’t immediately clear if he had an attorney.

Morgan, the former “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock” cast member, was returning from a standup comedy show in Delaware when his Mercedes limo bus carrying seven people overturned on the New Jersey Turnpike near Cranbury Township at about 1 a.m., state police Sgt. 1st Class Greg Williams said.

James McNair, 62, of Peekskill, New York, a passenger in the limo bus, died at the scene, Williams said. Morgan, 45, and Jeffrey Millea, 36, of Shelton, Connecticut, were flown from the accident scene to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, where they were in critical condition, hospital spokesman Peter Haigney said.

A fourth passenger, comedian Ardie Fuqua Jr., was also in critical condition, while a fifth passenger, comic Harris Stanton, was treated and released, Haigney said. Two others in the limo were unhurt, including the driver.

Morgan remains in the intensive care unit at the hospital.

“His family is now with him and he is receiving excellent care,” spokesman Lewis Kay said in a statement. “We don’t anticipate much of a change in his condition today but will provide a further update once more information becomes available.”

Williams said the tractor-trailer driver apparently failed to notice slow traffic ahead and swerved at the last minute in a vain attempt to avoid a crash. But it smashed into the back of the limo, prompting a chain-reaction crash with a second tractor-trailer, an SUV and two cars.

The National Transportation Safety Board said it was working with state police to look at any issues in the crash related to commercial trucking and limousine safety.

Morgan’s limo was owned by Atlantic Transportation Services, which said it had one employee behind the wheel and a second in the front passenger seat.

“Although the investigation is still pending, we concur with the preliminary reports that the accident was caused by another vehicle traveling behind the Atlantic limo bus,” the Rehoboth Beach, Delaware-based company said. “We are grateful that our drivers did not sustain life-threatening injuries.”

Walmart President Bill Simon issued a statement that said one of the firm’s trucks was involved in the accident. While noting that the crash remains under investigation, Simon said “Walmart will take full responsibility” if authorities determine that the company’s truck caused the accident.

“We’re praying for the family and friends of the passenger who lost his life in the terrible accident” the statement said. “Our hearts go out to everyone involved and we hope those who were injured get the care that they need and make a full recovery.”

Morgan performed comedy standup Friday night at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino. His scheduled appearance at the Fillmore Charlotte in North Carolina on Saturday night was canceled.

Fuqua had tweeted that he was opening for Morgan on Friday. On his Instagram page, Fuqua included a collage of photos from the Delaware show.

“This is what it looks like from the stage to see a standing ovation from 1500 people,” Fuqua wrote at around midnight Friday. “Then we traveled back to NYC in style in a luxury Mercedes Sprinter. Road life is a good life!”

Morgan, a New York City native, joined “SNL” in 1996 and was on the sketch-comedy program for seven years before leaving to star in “The Tracy Morgan Show” in 2003. That show lasted just one season. In 2006, Morgan found a long-running role on NBC’s hit show “30 Rock,” which was created by “SNL” co-star Tina Fey. He received an Emmy nomination for best supporting actor for “30 Rock” in 2009.

Morgan grew up fatherless, one of five siblings, in a blighted section of Brooklyn, where he helped raise and support the family.

He once called his gift for being funny “a defense mechanism” for his miserable circumstances. As a teen, he started doing comedy on the streets to supplement the family’s welfare income.

His tough upbringing informed his humor.

“My aunt was a crackhead,” he told his Brooklyn audience in a recent special aired on Comedy Central. “I remember one Christmas she bought me a Game Boy. Then she stole it. Then she helped me look for it.”

In recent years, he has struggled with alcoholism and drunken driving arrests. He had a successful kidney transplant in late 2010.

Morgan’s films include “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back,” ”The Longest Yard,” ”First Sunday,” ”Rio” and “Why Stop Now.”

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Creighton University is appealing a federal judge’s ruling requiring it to provide a deaf student with special equipment and interpreters to allow him to finish his last two years of medical school.

The judge ruled in December that Creighton University’s medical school must accommodate Michael Argenyi’s (ar-GEN’-ee) disability. Last month, the judge ordered the Omaha university to pay nearly $500,000 in Argenyi’s legal fees.

Argenyi was accepted to Creighton’s medical school in 2008 after disclosing that he was hearing-impaired and requesting accommodations for his disability to allow him to follow lectures and communicate with patients.

He sued in 2009, after leaving the school when the university refused his requests for interpreters — even though he offered to pay for the interpreters himself.

BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — Authorities are investigating an officer-involved shooting that killed a 48-year-old Bellevue man.

Police confirm that John Tilley was killed in the shooting that occurred early Saturday.

Investigators say police were called around midnight Friday to investigate a noise complaint. Police say officers found Tilley and warned him to keep the noise down. But a short time later, officers say they spotted Tilley driving recklessly, running through residential fences and into cars.

Police say Tilley rammed three police cars before officers opened fire, killing Tilley.

One officer injured in the incident was taken to a hospital, treated and released.

Police have not released the names of the officers involved.

The officers have been placed on administrative leave, per department procedure pending an investigation into the incident.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Center for People in Need in Lincoln will be opening its doors to hundreds of families and their children for an early Father’s Day event.

The event will be held Saturday, from 10 a.m. to noon at the center’s warehouse on 27th Street in Lincoln. It is open to low-income children ages 2-18, who will be given a chance to choose a small gift and make a card to give to their dads the following week on Father’s Day.

More than 40 volunteers will be present to help guide children through the event, choose and wrap gifts and prepare Father’s Day cards.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities are offering a $10,000 cash reward for information connected to the shooting of a 6-year-old Omaha girl.

The Omaha Police Department says the information must lead to an arrest in the Thursday night shooting of Taelor Fentress. It wasn’t clear whether Taelor was inside or outside a residence when the bullet struck her face.

Police will increase patrol presence to try to curb any retaliation violence. No arrests have been made.

Taelor, who was shot on her birthday, was reported in good condition late Thursday at Children’s Hospital & Medical Center.

Officers are searching for a sport utility vehicle that may have been involved in the shooting.

DENVER (AP) — Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed legislation to try to establish the world’s first financial system for the largely cash-only marijuana industry.

The bill signed Friday morning seeks to form a network of uninsured cooperatives designed to give pot businesses a way to access basic banking services.

Banks that fear violating federal law do not allow marijuana businesses access to basic financial services. That has led to fears that the burgeoning marijuana industry can be a target for robberies.

Colorado became the first state to allow recreational pot sales on Jan. 1.

The legislation would allow pot businesses to pool money in cooperatives. However, that will only happen with the blessing of the U.S. Federal Reserve. That has prompted some to argue the legislation could be only symbolic.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Four bells that will beckon worshippers to services at a new Catholic church have been blessed by the Lincoln bishop.

Bishop James Conley performed the ritual on Thursday at what will be St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church and the Newman Center. They sit across Q Street from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s City Campus.

The project is expected to be completed next spring to serve about 6,000 Catholics at the university.

The cast bronze bells have been given names, in keeping with tradition: St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke and St. John.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — An economic development official says a report on what’s good and bad about Grand Island shows the south-central Nebraska city must address its relatively low adult education levels.

President Randy Gard of the Grand Island Area Economic Development Corp. said Thursday that Grand Island adults have far lower educational levels than those in other communities its size. Gard also says the graduation rate and academic proficiency of Grand Island Public Schools students are below state averages.

Gard says those factors “can kick you out of the running (for jobs) before you even know you were in the running.”

The report stems from the Grow Grand Island business development survey being conducted by MarketStreet consultants.