LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln police have arrested four teens in the city’s first killing of the year.

Anthony Young III, 18, has been charged with being an accessory in the March 26 shooting death of Edgar Union Jr., 22. Young is the oldest person to be arrested in the case.

Two 17-year-olds face similar charges as Young for the case, though they haven’t been ruled adults or juveniles for prosecution.

A shooting suspect in the killing appeared in adult court last week. The teen, 16, is the youngest person accused in a Lincoln homicide since the 1980s, according to police.

Police said the case stands out due to the number of young people involved.

“The majority are still school-age with so much life in front of them,” Police Chief Jeff Bliemeister said.

Nebraska prosecutors consider many factors when determining whether to charge a minor as an adult, including the motive, past criminal history and public safety concerns.

Union’s mother, Monica Brown, said she hopes the shooting suspect is asked to stand trial as an adult “because that’s what he deserves.”

The suspect faces Class 1 felony charges of second-degree murder and gun possession.

Investigators are trying to determine the motive and timeline of events leading up to the shooting, Bliemeister said.

Police know there was a fight at Lincoln Southeast High School involving Union’s associates the day of the shooting, according to Bliemeister. The shooting suspect and one of the 17-year-old accused accomplices were seen leaving the school that afternoon.

The shooting suspect knew Union, and both belonged to feuding gangs, Bliemeister said.

A confrontation involving more than 20 people from different Lincoln gangs occurred that afternoon, ending with a shot fired.

Union died on the porch of a home in the area, according to police.

The shooting suspect is being held at the Lancaster County juvenile detention center on a $1 million bond. The teen suspect’s attorney, Mark Rappl, said they’re exploring options, including asking to transfer the case to juvenile court.

MILFORD, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say four people killed in a crash on Interstate 80 in Nebraska were from eastern Iowa.

The victims were identified Monday as 49-year-old Susan Selser, 20-year-old Cody Richardson, 20-year-old Troy Wanzek and 19-year-old Cole Austin, all of Clinton, Iowa.

Authorities say 20-year-old Madison Selser-Smith, of Clinton, was driving westbound in a 2005 Chevy Equinox when she hit rumble bars on the north shoulder, overcorrected, crossed the center median and entered the eastbound lanes. The car was then struck by a 2010 Buick Lacerne driven by 75-year-old Anna Richert, of rural Gresham, Nebraska.

Selser-Smith and Richert were flown to a Lincoln hospital with life-threatening injuries. Authorities say Richert, Selser and Selser-Smith were wearing seat belts. Richardson, Wanzek and Austin were not, and were ejected from the car’s back seats.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a semitrailer struck and killed a pedestrian along Interstate 680 on the north side of Omaha.

The trucker called 911 around 4:40 a.m. Monday to report the accident.

Traffic was routed off the westbound lanes as authorities investigated.

Omaha police identified the pedestrian as 25-year-old Zachary C.L. Crinklaw of Omaha. The trucker driver was 52-year-old Michael J. Stone, of Rockwell City, Iowa.

Police say the truck hit Crinklaw when he walked from the shoulder and into a freeway lane.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man has died nearly nine months after an explosion ripped through the Lincoln home he shared with his wife, who also has died.

Lincoln police say 66-year-old Jim Jasa died in hospice care Wednesday. Officer Angela Sands said Friday that the death certificate says Jasa died of natural causes, but doctors have said he died of his blast injuries.

Jeanne Jasa died Aug. 29, more than two weeks after the Aug. 14 rocked their southeast Lincoln neighborhood.

Investigators say natural gas filled the home and was ignited from inside, but they have not been able to determine whether any crime was involved. Sands says investigators were unable to interview Jim Jasa before he died.

UNADILLA, Neb. (AP) — A man who was imprisoned for neglecting his livestock has been charged in a new case after animal carcasses were found on his southeast Nebraska property.

John Maahs, 67, faces 10 felony animal cruelty and neglect charges after dead pigs and goats were found on his Otoe County farm.

Maahs was convicted of the same charges in 2011 after deputies found about 1,000 dead hogs on the property. Maahs served more than a year in prison for that case and paid more than $50,000 in fines and cleanup costs, said Otoe County Attorney David Partsch.

“He really didn’t have an excuse,” Partsch said. “He said he just got lazy.”

Police made periodic visits to Maahs’ farm after he was released in 2013. But police determined that all animals appeared healthy during the check-ins, Holland said. Police were tipped off last month by a motorist who returned one of Maahs’ goats that fled its pen.

Chief Deputy Mike Holland called the more than 40 dead pigs and 15 dead goats found a “disgusting scene.” Police found live hogs feeding on dead hogs.

Animals were locked inside buildings without food or water despite deputies finding plenty of feed sacks on the farm, Holland said.

“Where the carcasses were as far as decomposition, it looks to me it’s probably something that’s been going on the last six months,” Holland said.

A judge ordered Thursday that the surviving animals be forfeited to the sheriff’s office. The livestock will likely be sold at an auction to help cover cleanup costs, Partsch said.

Maahs didn’t return a request for comment and doesn’t appear to have an attorney. He’s scheduled to appear in court May 21. He faces 20 years in prison and $100,000 in fines.

Maahs could also be prohibited from owning animals again.

“He obviously didn’t change his behaviors,” Partsch said. “So we’ll be seeking every remedy possible to ensure he doesn’t have the opportunity to do this again.”

BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — The father of a man who died during an arrest by Bellevue police has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city just south of Omaha.

The lawsuit, which has been moved to federal court, seeks $19,000 in medical and funeral expenses. The family also seeks an unspecified amount for their pain and suffering following the 2016 death of 31-year-old Alex Zoucha (ZOO-ha).

Authorities say officers called to a home found Zoucha trying to break into the house and that he didn’t respond to their commands. Police say they used a stun gun with little effect until he became unresponsive.

Officers performed CPR, but Zoucha died at a hospital.

The four officers involved were cleared of any wrongdoing and have since returned to active duty.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A former Grand Island Police officer has been given probation in an assault case.

31-year-old Michael Lyon was sentenced Friday in Hall County Court to nine months’ probation. He will also be subject to random chemical testing.

Lyon pleaded no contest in March to attempted misdemeanor assault after prosecutors lowered the charge from misdemeanor assault.

Police have said Lyon was off-duty when he assaulted a 26-year-old woman the night of Oct. 30 in a Grand Island residence. Police say the assault was not “a domestic offense.”

Lyon is no longer with the Grand Island Police Department.

The cars collided around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at a crossing. The drivers and a passenger managed to get out before the train arrived and hit the car on the tracks.

Authorities say the person hurt in the initial collision was taken to a hospital.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Iowa authorities say they’ve obtained arrest warrants charging a man accused of ramming his pickup truck into two Council Bluffs police vehicles before being shot by an officer.

Police say 28-year-old Wade Clifton, of Bondurant, has been charged with two counts of attempted murder, aggravated assault on an officer and eluding.

Police say Clifton fled when officers tried to stop his pickup at a closed construction site around 3 a.m. Tuesday. The chase mostly took place on Interstate 29 before investigators say Clifton intentionally rammed two police cruisers. One officer then shot him.

Clifton was taken to a hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, for treatment of injuries not considered to be life-threatening. Two officers were treated and released from another hospital.

The names of the officers haven’t been released.

HARTINGTON, Neb. (AP) — A South Dakota man and his father are due in court May 14 to face charges stemming from the death of a 21-year-old woman after an all-terrain vehicle crash in northeast Nebraska.

The June 29 crash last year near Fordyce killed 21-year-old Jessi Anderson, a South Dakota State University student.

Nebraska court records say 26-year-old Derrik Nelson was driving the ATV after consuming alcohol for several hours before the crash. He’s charged with vehicular homicide, failure to render aid, and other crimes.

His father, 64-year-old J. Douglas Nelson, is charged with being an accessory. Prosecutors say he disassembled the ATV after the crash in an effort to hide evidence.

The men surrendered Monday and bonded out of jail. Their attorneys didn’t immediately return calls Wednesday from The Associated Press.