Suspects in UK student shooting indicted

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Suspects Justin D. Smith and Efrain Diaz mug shots

Three people were indicted in the shooting death of UK student and Kernel photo editor Jonathan Krueger.

Efrain Diaz Jr., Justin Delone Smith and Roman Gonzalez Jr., a previously unnamed 17-year-old, were all charged with murder and two counts of first-degree robbery, according to court documents.

The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that Gonzalez will be charged as an adult.

Diaz and Smith will be arraigned on July 2 at noon. Gonzalez will be arraigned on July 10 at 10:30 a.m.

Krueger was shot and killed on East Maxwell Street on April 17.

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