Guy pleads guilty to killing ex-Utah CB Lowe

Mar 11, 2024, 06:07 PM ET

SALT LAKE CITY– The man implicated of fatally shooting University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe pleaded guilty to murder charges on Monday, more than two years after authorities say he eliminated the cornerback outside a rowdy house party in Salt Lake City.Buk Mawut

Buk, now 25, pleaded guilty to Lowe’s murder and the attempted murder of a woman injured in the shooting on Sept. 26, 2021, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill stated. Authorities say he fired several chance ats the two during a heated argument after the football player asked Buk’s friends to move their car.As Lowe, 21, and Fuamoli Pomale, 20, lay on the ground bleeding, witnesses enjoyed in horror as Buk continued to shoot at them, according to court documents.Buk is scheduled for

sentencing on April 29 and deals with an obligatory minimum sentence of 15 years to life in Utah State Prison. In exchange for pleading guilty, the judge dismissed added fees of blockage of justice and possession of a weapon by a restricted person, given that he was already on probation. “Though perfect justice would indicate that Mr. Lowe was alive and the other victim did not have to cope with injuries that will last a life time, we hope this conviction assists the loved ones of Mr. Lowe and the 2nd victim feel they have received some procedure of justice,”Gill stated Monday.The sophomore cornerback’s death came less than a year after his colleague Ty Jordan died of an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound on Christmas night in 2020. The 2 had actually been high school pals and football teammates in their hometown of Mesquite, Texas, before they came to bet Utah. Lowe changed his college jersey to Jordan’s No. 22 after the running back’s death and was the very first recipient of a memorial scholarship developed in his honor.About 9 months after Jordan’s death, the Utes again grieved for one of their own after an off-campus house party implied to celebrate their win over Washington State erupted into violence. Uninvited visitors, consisting of Buk, appeared to the personal celebration and started causing turmoil, authorities said.Lowe and Pomale attempted to leave the celebration just after midnight but discovered their automobile obstructed by another vehicle. As they argued with a group of men who refused to move their automobile, Buk strolled across the street to obtain a weapon from another male and began shooting, court files state.Lowe passed away at the scene. The Utah State Medical Examiner’s Workplace later recuperated 4 bullets from his body, according to the autopsy. Pomale survived after getting emergency situation surgical treatment for multiple gunshot injuries to her neck and chest.Buk, detained that October in Draper, was already on probation for 2 robberies, consisting of one in which authorities state he robbed a father and daughter at gunpoint. Salt Lake City authorities said at the time of his arrest for the shootings that Buk had an “comprehensive violent criminal history”going back to at least 2017.