LB Liggins, a Black male, 76, was shot on the afternoon of August 30, 2014, near North 24th and Pratt Streets in Omaha. Officers arrived to find him critically wounded; he was taken to a hospital, where he died. Witnesses described an argument that escalated quickly, and by late that night police identified Liggins as the victim. The intersection just west of 24th Street became a gathering point for neighbors and friends shaken by the sudden loss.
Within hours, detectives arrested Liggins nephew, 41-year-old Ray L. Hubbard, on suspicion of murder. Prosecutors later alleged that Hubbard confronted his uncle and shot him during a dispute, with early court appearances indicating the clash may have stemmed from a small debt. A judge ordered Hubbard held without bond while the investigation proceeded, and community members organized a prayer walk in the neighborhood in the days that followed.
The case moved swiftly through the courts. Initially charged with second-degree murder and related weapons counts, Hubbard ultimately entered no-contest pleas in October 2015 to manslaughter and possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person. In December 2015, a Douglas County judge sentenced him to consecutive terms of 18 to 20 years on each count, affirming that Liggins died from multiple gunshot wounds inflicted during the confrontation. The Nebraska Court of Appeals later upheld those convictions and sentences.
