Man gets two life sentences for Nebraska bowling alley murders

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A 27-year-old man will spend the rest of his life in prison for a double murder at a rural Nebraska bowling alley.

On Tuesday, Alias Reed received two life sentences.

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The murders happened in February 2024 at a bowling alley in Bloomfield, a town of about 1,000 people near the South Dakota border.

Authorities said Reed went there with a shotgun to rob the business.

He shot 77-year-old Curtis Strom and 49-year-old William Reffett in the head, then stole from the cash register.

Both men died at the scene.

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The Nebraska State Patrol said Reed and his girlfriend, Kaylynn Sweazy, then hid the gun on the side of a country road.

Sweazy, 29, was sentenced last month for attempted evidence tampering and accessory to a felony.

That same week, Reed pleaded no contest to two counts of first-degree murder.

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