Three high school seniors were arrested after allegedly hurling a landscaping rock at a Colorado woman, killing her as she drove just outside of Denver, authorities said.
while a third is enrolled in an online program, said sheriff’s spokesperson Jacki Kelley, who didn’t know which teen goes to which school.The rock thrown by suspects is what killed Bartell and not any subsequent crash, officials said.
The suspects were traveling in a black 2016 Chevy Silverado that night, though it wasn’t immediately clear who was driving or threw the rock that killed Bartell, officials said.The three suspects were booked on suspicion ofWhile first-degree murder is typically associated with an intended victim and motive, Colorado’s extreme indifference statute is meant for defendants who aimed to kill someone —but just not a targeted individual, University of Colorado clinical law professor Ann England said.
“Throwing a rock is going to be hard. I mean is throwing a rock a known risk ? Throwing a rock at a moving car, now that someone has died, it seems obvious, right? But before that? I’m not totally sure.”
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