OMAHA, Neb. — A man from Nebraska will be sentenced in February, after being found guilty by a jury, of 2nd Degree Murder in connection with the death of a man in Carter Lake, IA. KETV in Omaha reports 29-year-old Brandon Mikesh was also found guilty charges that include Use of a Firearm, Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person, Tampering, and Theft by receiving stolen property, in connection with the death of 59-year-old Bernard Leonard, May 17, 2024.

Officers responded at around 7:50-p.m. to the scene near Ninth Street and Carter Lake Boulevard for initial reports of a motorcycle crash, but investigators later found a man down with a gunshot wound, authorities said. Leonard was unresponsive near his motorcycle. Prosecutors said that Omaha police officers traced Mikesh using surveillance video.

He allegedly lit a stolen car on fire in Hummel Park that was seen on that surveillance, and cellphone location data put him in both places, according to prosecutors.

Mikesh is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 10th.