By Justin Diep

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The four Omaha teens charged as adults for their part in a crime spree that killed an Uber driver are no longer facing first-degree murder charges after taking plea deals.

Talon Wilson, 17, Dasean Titsworth-Hunt, 17, Joseph Keyes, 15, and Trenton Titsworth-Hunt, 18, have pleaded no contest to two robbery counts and two counts of use of a firearm to commit a felony for their involvement in a crime spree beginning in the early hours of Aug. 13, 2024, that resulted in the fatal shooting of Mursal Jama.

Douglas County District Judge J. Russell Derr found the four guilty on four remaining charges. They face a minimum of 10 years and a maximum of 200 years in prison. The teens will be sentenced in November and December.

Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine told The World-Herald after Keyes’ plea that he spoke with Jama’s family members ahead of the teens’ court appearances and that they said they’re OK with the plea deal, given that they aren’t believed to be the ones who shot Jama.

“It’s horrible when you have young people involved in this kind of super violent crime that results in somebody’s death,” Kleine said. “All the things that happened that day, you have a dead person and you have a 15-year-old who’s looking at a pretty serious, obviously a very serious sentence.”

The four teens are among six juveniles, ages 11-17 at the time, accused of a smash-and-grab robbery at a gun store in Nebraska City early that morning and an armed robbery in Omaha in the evening.

Prosecutors allege that after trying to steal two vehicles and walking away with only wallets and a few other personal items, the boys spotted Jama pulling his black Kia into a garage at the Camelot Apartments, near 94th and Cady Streets.

It was shortly before midnight, and Jama had just finished a shift as an Uber driver — a job he worked to support his 10 children and additional family in Sudan.

Prosecutors say the boys ambushed Jama as he sat in his garage. During a brief scuffle, one of the boys allegedly fired a single shot, striking Jama in the stomach. They then piled into his Kia and drove away. Jama was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Omaha Police Homicide Detective Chad Frodyma said the juveniles drove Jama’s Kia back to Nebraska City before leading a multicounty chase back to Omaha.

The four teens were all initially charged with three counts of use of a weapon to commit a felony, two robbery counts, unlawful possession of a firearm by a prohibited juvenile and first-degree murder.

Wilson’s, Keyes’ and Dasean Titsworth-Hunt’s requests to move their cases to Juvenile Court were denied.

Additionally, a then-13-year-old, Kleine said, is believed to be the shooter and is facing similar charges in Juvenile Court. The charges against a then-11-year-old were dismissed in January after he was found to be incompetent to stand trial. In Nebraska, children under the age of 14 cannot be tried in adult court.