Alexander Lane Alex Rader, 26, was shot and killed outside a residence in Beatrice, Nebraska, on December 30, 2020. He was found critically wounded and later died at Beatrice Community Hospital. The shooting followed a late-night trip to the house after a text from a woman saying she and her partner had argued; Rader had gone to check on her.

Police identified 26-year-old Brandon Long, who lived at the home, as the shooter. Long told investigators he and his fiancée were inside with their two-year-old child when he heard noises, went outside armed, saw a masked figure by the house, and fired one shot because he was startled. Long said he did not initially recognize the victim as Rader. It was later reported that Rader and Long’s fiancée had been involved in a relationship.

Long was arrested and originally charged with second-degree murder and weapons offenses. In December 2021 he pleaded no contest to lesser counts of making terroristic threats and being a felon in possession of a deadly weapon; the murder charge and an additional weapons count were dismissed. In February 2022 Long received six years probation and credit for 399 days already in custody. Does anyone have information about Rader’s movements that night or witnessed activity near that residence on December 30, 2020?