As a campus community mourns the murder of a beloved student, Lexington police wasted no time in charging two suspects in the death.
18-year-old Justin Smith and 20-year-old Efrain Diaz have been charged with the shooting death of UK student Jonathan Krueger. Krueger and a friend were walking on East Maxwell Street early Friday morning. Krueger was shot multiple times. When police arrived on scene the found Krueger lying in the street.
They transported him the UK Hospital where he died from his injuries.
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Police have said nothing about the motive of the shooting but have said that it was a completely random incident.
Krueger was from Ohio and was a photo editor for The Kentucky Kernel, the UK student newspaper. He was also a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. A candlelight vigil was held honoring his life at the Newman Center Friday night.
Friends of Krueger weren’t the only ones shocked by the turn of events. Donald Hampton, a neighbor of Smith’s, was completely shock by the arrest and murder charges.
“…seemed like a polite young man to me,” says Hampton.
Smith and Diaz have both been charged with murder and robbery. Smith is also facing charges of tampering with evidence and fleeing and evading.
