THREE high schoolers have been arrested after they allegedly killed a driver by throwing a large rock through her windshield.
Last week, the group of 18-year-olds reportedly targeted at least seven different vehicles on roads in Jefferson County – a suburban area west of Denver, Colorado.
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Alexa Bartell, 20, was killed shortly before 11pm on April 19 after one of the rocks hit her car.
Joseph Koenig, Nicholas Karol-Chik, and Zachary Kwak were arrested for first-degree murder at their parents' homes in Arvada on Tuesday night, ABC News reported.
They're all current high school seniors.
Investigators haven't determined who was driving, but they believe all three suspects participated in throwing the rocks.
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Authorities expect to file more charges against the men in the near future.
Bartell was on the phone when she died. The friend she was talking to became concerned after the line suddenly went silent.
They managed to locate Bartlett by tracking her phone and found her fatally wounded inside the car, which had veered into a field near the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge.
Of the six other drivers who were targeted before Bartell was killed, two suffered minor injuries.
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One of the other victims, Nathan Tipton – an Uber driver, spoke to the Denver Post earlier this week.
"It sounded like a shotgun" when a rock hit the passenger side of his van, Tipton said.
He quickly pulled over. The driver behind him, who was also hit, stopped to make sure Tipton was okay.
It was dark at the time, so neither driver could tell who had thrown the rock.
Tipton didn't find out about Bartlett's death until the next morning when his wife saw a report on the news.
"It’s horrible, no one should lose their child in such a random act," he said.
"I hope Alexa and her family can get some type of justice."
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