Homicide suspect arrested in Lincoln

A 31-year-old Beatrice man was arrested in Lincoln on Tuesday afternoon after a fatal shooting in Beatrice hours earlier. (klkntv.com) Beatrice police said officers were called around 5:30 a.m. on April 21 after a report of three loud bangs and screaming near North Ninth and Summit streets. They found 37-year-old Joshua May in the street, conscious and saying he had been shot. (klkntv.com) May was taken to a Beatrice hospital, where he later died from his injuries, according to police. KFOR reported the shooting happened in a neighborhood on the city’s north side. (kfornow.com) Authorities identified the suspect as Justis Barnhouse, 31, of Beatrice. KLKN reported he was arrested in Lincoln on a warrant and was being held on allegations of second-degree murder, use of a weapon to commit a felony, and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. (klkntv.com) The arrest moved quickly across city lines. Beatrice police said the case involved coordination with the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office, the Nebraska State Patrol, and the U.S. Marshals Service in Lincoln, about 40 miles north of Beatrice. (klkntv.com) (rome2rio.com) Beatrice is a city of about 12,290 people in Gage County, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau estimate available on QuickFacts. In a city that size, a homicide investigation can quickly become a regional law-enforcement effort when a suspect leaves town. (census.gov) Police have released few details about what led to the shooting, and the investigation remained ongoing Tuesday. No court filing or affidavit was cited in the public reports reviewed for this story. (kfornow.com) (nebraskajudicial.gov) For now, the case has moved from an early-morning shooting scene in Beatrice to the charging process there, after officers tracked down the suspect in Lincoln the same day. (klkntv.com)