By Bill Lindelof
blindelof@sacbee.com
Lincoln police have released the name of a man who was shot and killed on Sunday - the first homicide case that the city has seen in a decade.
He was identified as Antonio Morales, 36, of Lincoln.
Police continue to look for Gerardo Ramirez, 37, as a suspect in the fatal shooting of Morales.
Officers responded at about 9 p.m. on Sunday to a report that a man had been shot in the 1600 block of First Street. When they arrived at the Oaks at Joiner Ranch apartment complex they found the dead man.
Several people, including at least four adults, were inside the apartment when the shooting happened, said Lt. Paul Shelgren.
According to witnesses, Shelgren said the victim and the suspect were arguing when the suspect pulled out a handgun and shot Morales.
Investigators are working to determine what the men were arguing about and what triggered the shooting. Shelgren said both men knew each other.
Shelgren said investigators believe that Ramirez fled in a 1996 blue Toyota 4-Runner pick-up truck with the license plate number 5BXC720.
City officials said that the killing was the first homicide in Lincoln in a decade.
"This is the first homicide we have had since 1999 or 2000," said Jill Thompson, a city spokeswoman.
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