Creighton University Baseball Administrator Fatally Shot

Creighton University Baseball Administrator Fatally Shot
Police cordon off a road as they investigate the death of Christopher Gradoville, the director of baseball operations at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., on Sept. 30, 2021, Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP
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OMAHA, Neb.—A Creighton University baseball administrator was found dead Thursday in the yard of an Omaha home that he had just sold to a realty company, police said.

Christopher Gradoville, 37, died from multiple gunshot wounds, the Omaha World-Herald reported. Police said they arrested a tenant in the home, 43-year-old Ladell Thornton, on suspicion of first-degree murder, use of a weapon to commit a felony and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.