Three men have been arrested for allegedly hurling a landscaping rock at a Colorado woman, killing her as she drove just outside of Denver, authorities say.
and Zachary Kwak, all 18, were taken into custody at their homes in Arvada, according to the sheriff's statement.
Sheriff's investigators called Bartell's family in the middle of the night to notify them of the arrests.The rock is what killed Bartell and not any subsequent crash, which took place about 20 miles northwest of Denver and 10 miles southeast of Boulder, officials said. The suspects were traveling in a black 2016 Chevy Silverado, though it wasn’t immediately clear who was driving or who 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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