More arrests in UA death
Tucson police arrested and charged two more 17-year-olds with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of UA student Forrest Keys last month.
Tucson police made two additional arrests and released more details in the Feb. 20 shooting of University of Arizona student Forrest Keys.
Roberto Joaquin Camargo and Ruben Young, both 17, were arrested on Friday. Both are being charged on suspicion of first-degree murder and a drive-by shooting, according to a Tucson police press release.
The arrests come a day after Tucson police arrested Alonzo Orosco, 17. Orosco was booked into a Pima County jail and has been charged on suspicion of first-degree murder and a drive-by shooting.
Detectives said they believe Orosco was the car’s driver, Young was the shooter and Camargo’s “actions contributed to the shooting,” Tucson police Chief Chris Magnus said.
University of Arizona police Chief Brian Seastone said during a news conference on Saturday that the killing was a “very random act of violence.”
“I wish we could put a magic boundary around our campus and around our city, but we can’t do that,” Seastone said.
More details of shooting released
Keys was walking home with friends at about 11 p.m. when a verbal altercation took place between him and people riding in a Cadillac sedan, police said.
The incident began when at least one person in the car taunted Keys and his companions, Magnus said.
“Mr. Keys responded and the vehicle turned around,” Magnus said. “Mr. Keys then approached the vehicle, exchanged words through an open window and punched a passenger once.”
Keys was then shot several times at close range, the police chief said.
A memorial service for Keys was held Saturday at NewChurch Live in Pennsylvania and streamed online. A GoFundMe set up by the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity to financially support the Keys family had raised more than $30,000 by Saturday afternoon.
Keys, a sophomore studying communication and a member of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, was remembered as having a kind heart and played football and basketball at his high school in Pennsylvania, according to posts online by the university and his high school.