NE Teen Matthew Brenden Who Survived 2018 Shooting ID’d As Body Found Sunday In Bellevue Park

BELLEVUE, NE. (THECOUNT) — Matthew Brenden, the Omaha teen who survived being shot outside the Kroc Center in June of 2018, has been identified as the body found on Falkland Park on Sunday, according to reports.

According to a release, police arrived to the park on reports of a man down. When they arrived, police determined that the man was deceased.

Police said that they do not believe Brenden “died of natural causes,” according to the release.

Faulkland Park is located on Schroeder Drive in Bellevue, Nebraska.

Brenden was injured in a shooting in summer 2018:

Jamil Phillips was booked into Douglas County Youth Center for two counts of First Degree Felony Assault and two counts of Use of a Weapon to Commit a Felony. The shooting happened in the parking lot of the Kroc Center at 27th and Z around 12:45 a.m. Officers responded to a shots fired call and found the two victims: Za’kari Glasgow, 17, and Matthew Brenden, 18, reported WOWT.

This remains under investigation and more details will be released as they become available.

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Geo quick facts: Bellevue is a city in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States and a southern suburb of Omaha. The population was 50,137 at the 2010 census. Bellevue is part of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. Originally settled in the 1830s, Bellevue was incorporated in 1855 and is the oldest continuous town in Nebraska – Wikipedia.