BEATRICE — A Beatrice man will be sentenced in February for a shooting last December that left a victim dead.
Brandon J. Long, 26, appeared in Gage County District Court on Monday — the day his murder trial was scheduled to begin — for a plea hearing after reaching an agreement with prosecutors.
Brandon Long
Two of the four charges against Long — second-degree murder and use of a firearm to commit a felony — were dropped as part of the plea deal.
Long entered no contest pleas to the remaining charges of terroristic threats and possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony, both felonies.
Long faces no minimum prison time and a maximum of seven years in prison when he’s sentenced Feb. 3.
He was arrested following the Dec. 30, 2020, shooting death of Alex Rader, also of Beatrice.
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The shooting occurred in the 1000 block of North 12th Street at about 11:45 p.m. Rader had been shot in the torso with a 9 mm handgun.
He was transported to Beatrice Community Hospital, where he died a short time later.
The shooting occurred after Long heard someone outside his residence. His girlfriend and a 2-year-old were inside the residence at the time.
