(AP) — Omaha police have arrested a suspect in Friday’s fatal shooting of a 21-year-old man.

Police said Saturday that 23-year-old Laron Jones had been arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder and weapons charges in the case.

The shooting at a house in northeast Omaha was reported around 2:50 a.m. Friday. Officers found Brandon Samuels there with gunshot wounds.

Samuels was taken to Creighton University Medical Center where he later died. He is from Omaha.

Police interviewed several witnesses, and later arrested Jones.

(AP) — A 24-year-old Walthill man is dead after a rollover crash in northeast Nebraska.

Adam Joseph Zendejas was killed in the Friday morning crash on Highway 94.

Investigators say Zendejas was a passenger in the SUV that crossed the highway’s center line, entered a ditch and rolled around 6:40 a.m.

The name of the driver had not been released. The accident is still under investigation.

The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office is assisting the Nebraska State Patrol in the investigation.

(AP) — A central Nebraska shelter is caring for some feathered friends after officers seized several roosters from a Grand Island mobile home.

Police were called to the home for a report of kids trying to fight roosters.

When an officer and an animal control worker arrived Wednesday afternoon, they found eight roosters, two of which were dead.

While city law allows some residents to have chickens, roosters aren’t allowed in city limits.

An officer told a man who claimed the birds that he isn’t allowed to have roosters on his property. The roosters were impounded, and Human Society officials are waiting to see if they will be surrendered, returned to the owner or if there will be a court hearing on the matter.

(AP) — The Omaha Police Department is co-sponsoring a Gun Amnesty Day to collect unwanted or illegal guns and ammunition.

The latest event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 15 at the Sheet Metal Workers Union Hall in south Omaha. Police say guns may be dropped off at the hall with no questions asked, but police will document all firearms. If a gun is linked to a crime or reported stolen, police will investigate.

Police say all guns and ammunition that are turned in are destroyed.

(AP) — An Omaha man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the July 2012 shooting deaths of a man and his two teenage sons.

A jury reached the verdict Friday in the case of 35-year-old Anthony Davis after several hours of deliberations. Davis was convicted on three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of use of a weapon to commit a felony.

Davis was charged in connection to the deaths of 44-year-old Miguel Avalos, 18-year-old Miguel Avalos Jr. and 16-year-old Jose Avalos. An alleged accomplice, Timothy J. Britt, faces similar charges in the case and is awaiting trial. Court records do not list an attorney for him.

Witnesses testified during a two-week trial that the men went to the Avalos home to steal drugs and money.

(AP) — A Nebraska man convicted of sexually abusing an 8-year-old relative in Maine nearly a quarter century ago has been ordered to serve five years in prison.

WZON-AM says a Maine superior court judge in Bangor on Friday imposed the sentence on Clarence Cote (KOH’-dee) of Nemaha, Neb. The 65-year-old man was convicted in January of abusing the girl.

Cote’s attorney, who vowed to appeal, had questioned why the state took so long to prosecute when it knew of the allegations in 1994. He said the state had lost key evidence.

Prosecutors say they had trouble finding Cote after he moved to Nebraska.

(AP) — Authorities are investigating a barn fire near Beatrice that killed two horses inside.

Beatrice Rural Fire Chief Jim Engel says firefighters were sent to the scene at about 3 p.m. Thursday. They left several hours later.

The large barn east of the Beatrice Country Club was a horse arena with stables and storage space. There is no estimate yet on the cost of damages.

A Nebraska Fire Marshal deputy is investigating the cause of the fire.

(AP) — Nebraska lawmakers have approved a committee to investigate the state’s handling of Nikko Jenkins, who is accused of killing four people in the Omaha area after his release from prison.

Senators adopted a resolution Friday that would create a special committee to look at the circumstances of the case, and review the Department of Correctional Services’ rehabilitative and mental health programs. Jenkins was allowed to leave without supervision, despite making threats of violence and begging officials to commit him to a mental health institution.

Lawmakers also adopted a resolution that would create a special committee to study ACCESSNebraska, the state’s public benefits hotline. Supporters of the resolution say the system has had problems with long wait times and lost paperwork.

(AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld the denial of post-conviction relief for a man convicted of the 2001 shooting death of another man who was believed to have been the wrong target in a retaliation killing.

Danny Robinson was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced in 2003 to life in prison for the shooting death of 26-year-old Daniel Lockett.

Prosecutors say the shooting was in retaliation for the shooting death one week earlier of 17-year-old Terez Reed.

Police had said Lockett was killed when at least two people fired at his family’s house in north Omaha. Two of Lockett’s relatives were grazed by bullets, and police found at least 20 shell casings.

On Friday, the state’s high court said Robinson’s arguments that his lawyer was ineffective were without merit.

(AP) — The body of a 56-year-old woman has been found in a car believed to have crashed about two weeks ago in northeast Nebraska.

The victim has been identified as Donna Baumert, of West Point.

Cuming County Sheriff Brad Boyum says the wrecked car and Baumert’s body were found by utility workers on Wednesday afternoon about a mile south of Beemer. Boyum says it appears her car ran through a dead end and went about a half-mile through a field before coming to rest in a creek bed.

The sheriff says the accident appears to have occurred about two weeks ago but was just discovered Wednesday.