Alon Reed was 19 when he was killed during a violent home invasion at his family’s residence near 52nd Street and Curtis Avenue in Omaha, Nebraska, on the morning of August 30, 2022. An armed intruder forced entry and held Alon’s mother, Alicia Sexton, at gunpoint. When Alon was heard coming up the stairs the intruder opened fire; first responders found him with multiple gunshot wounds to the head and face and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators identified two juvenile suspects: a 13-year-old alleged shooter and a 15-year-old, Carmello Wells, accused of driving the getaway car. Surveillance footage was reported to show the suspects driving a stolen car, exchanging a firearm, and then going to the Reed home. The 15-year-old was arrested in Dallas, Texas, in October 2022.

Because of their ages, both suspects’ cases were handled in juvenile court. The younger teen later admitted responsibility in juvenile court and was committed to the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center in Lincoln; authorities at one point sought his release but then withdrew that request and ordered further treatment. The teen later escaped the facility, stole a car, and assaulted a 65-year-old woman while fleeing; he was recaptured and as of August 2024 faced new adult charges related to the escape.

If anyone witnessed the home invasion, the movements of the suspects that morning, or has information about this case, please share what is known.