A third person was arrested Friday afternoon and charged with murder and first-degree robbery of Windell Maurice Jones at his Westport Road townhouse in Elizabethtown.
Monti Lynn Lopez, 18, of Radcliff, was arrested by the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office and is being held in the Hardin County Detention Center in lieu of a $1 million cash bond.
Two Hardin County teenagers were arrested March 23 on the same charges in connection with the city’s first murder of the 2016.
The teens, both male and younger than 18, are being held at Lincoln Village Juvenile Detention Center, according to Eliza¬bethtown police.
Commonwealth’s At¬torney Shane Young and Hardin County Attorney Jenny Oldham have met to decide if the pair will be charged as adults. The case must start in juvenile court, possibly this month.
Murder is a Class A felony punishable by 20 to 50 years or life in prison, if convicted. First-degree robbery is a Class B felony punishable by 10 to 20 years in prison, if convicted.
Jones was shot and killed at close range after he opened the door in the early morning hours of Jan. 27. Hardin County Coroner Dr. William Lee said the 22-year-old was shot once in the chest and died in his home.
Elizabethtown Police Department spokesman Virgil Willoughby said the investigation is ongoing.
Source: NE
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