Trio of Colorado teenagers charged with first-degree homicide following rock-throwing incident

Three Colorado 18-year-olds have been charged with first-degree homicide after a rock they’re accused of throwing went by way of the windshield of Alexa Bartell, 20, and killed her.

The prices of first-degree homicide with excessive indifference in opposition to suspects Nicholas Karol-Chik, Joseph Koenig and Zachary Kwak had been introduced by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday.

Bartell’s automotive was the final one struck by a sequence of landscaping rocks the suspects are accused of tossing in a spree on April 19, beginning at round 10 p.m. Bartell’s automotive was hit at round 10:45 p.m., and the spree ended after midnight.

Law enforcement decided that the rock, not the ensuing automotive crash, was what killed Bartell. Her physique was present in a area together with the crashed car by her buddy, who was on the telephone with Bartell on the time of her dying.

At least seven automobiles had been hit by rocks; two different drivers suffered minor accidents.

In addition to the three arrested teenagers, Mr. Koenig’s father, Mark Koenig, was additionally arrested, accused of getting in the best way of sheriff’s deputies as they approached the Koenig household house.