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April 21, 2015
Lexington police have made a second arrest arrest in the death of Jonathan Krueger, a junior at the University of Kentucky who was shot while walking home early Friday.
Krueger, 22, of Perrysburg, Ohio was killed about 2 a.m. during a robbery at Transylvania Park and East Maxwell Street. He died from a gunshot wound to the chest, according to the Fayette County Coroner.
Police arrested Efrain Diaz, 20, Friday evening and charged him with murder and robbery.
Police also arrested Justin D. Smith, 18, who has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting. In addition to murder, Smith also is charged with robbery, tampering with physical evidence and fleeing and evading stemming from a brief pursuit and standoff.
As police loaded Smith into a cruiser Friday evening, reporters asked whether he killed Krueger.
“No. Hell no,” Smith replied before heading to the Fayette County jail.
Diaz likewise maintained his innocence when reporters asked if he killed Krueger.
“No ma’am. I’m innocent, ma’am. I swear on my life I’m innocent,” he said. “I’ve never killed anybody in my life.”
Smith spent several hours being questioned in police headquarters Friday after police announced they had made an arrest in the case.
Police said they did not believe Krueger knew the two suspects before the robbery and shooting.
Lexington police Chief Mark Barnard, during a news conference earlier, said investigators caught Smith quickly, but the case is not closed. They are looking for other individuals who were involved. Barnard would not say how many others could be involved.
“We’ve updated the family on our investigation and our thoughts and prayers are with them,” Barnard said.
The chief said the investigation “moved so quickly” so there was a lot that they are still piecing together. The chief said he could not say much about the case, but he scheduled the news conference because police had received multiple calls from the community.
“It has been such a quick, fluid investigation that we are still actively working on it and investigators are out in the field, so I don’t want to jeopardize anything they’re doing or their safety,” Barnard said.
Barnard said his officers did well by making an arrest seven hours after the shooting. A large number of officers were working on the case, and he said they wanted to provide some sense of closure for Krueger’s family, but he realized that this doesn’t heal their wounds. Barnard said he spoke to Krueger’s father and he was, understandably, very upset.
