LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Investigators have made arrests in the shooting death of a woman who was hit by a bullet as she rode on a Lincoln city bus Police on Friday arrested 27-year-old Joel Jones Jr., of Lincoln, on suspicion of second-degree murder and several weapons counts in the Thursday afternoon death of 69-year-old Sharon Johnson. The Lincoln Journal Star reports Johnson was on a bus when a bullet entered it through the driver’s side and hit her in the head. Police also arrested 19-year-old Jarell Wheeler on suspicion of being an accessory to second-degree murder. Police Chief Jeff Bliemeister says investigators contend Jones purposely fired at the bus but didn’t target Johnson.
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