An autopsy was to be conducted Thursday, the patrol said.

The shooting occurred near Louisville High School’s football field, just blocks from shops, bars and restaurants on Louisville’s Main Street.

Baier did not have a criminal history in Nebraska or federal courts, according to court records.

A relative declined to be interviewed Thursday.

Thursday afternoon, Baier’s former co-workers at Louisville’s Main Street Cafe were in disbelief. They said Baier was kind and soft-spoken and would do anything for anyone.

Meiah Yale-Barton, a cook at the cafe, went to school with Baier’s sister at Weeping Water High School. She said Baier also went to the school and ran cross country and track.

“He was a good kid,” Yale-Barton said. “He cared about the things he should’ve cared about.”

She added that Baier was a great big brother to his sisters.

Yale-Barton and others said Baier was small in stature, and they found it hard to believe that he would ever be threatening. He struggled with mental illness and getting medication, they said.