A 21-year-old Bloomfield man was arrested today in the stabbing death of Uconn cornerback Jasper T. Howard. Howard, a 20-year-old sophomore from Miami, was killed outside of a campus party on Oct. 18.
John William Lomax III was arrested early this morning and charged with mruder in the Howard case. Two other assailant, Hakim Muhammad, 20 and Jamal Todd, 21 have also been charged with conspiracy to committ first-degree assault and reckless endangerment respectively. Both Lomax and Muhammad are from the same housing complex in Bloomfield, while Todd is from Hartford.
A candlelight vigil was held on the UConn campus on Wednesday. Hundreds of students attended the vigil which was in part lead by Howard's teammates. The players lead the crowd in prayers and gave tribute to their fellow Huskie by holding up a hand sign representing Miami's Little Haiti community, a gesture Howard brought with him to Connecticut. The players also presented UConn football coach Randy Edsall with a letterman jacket with a picture of Howard, affectionately called "Jazz" on the back.
The news of Lomax's arrest comes on the heals of Howard's funeral held in Miami yesterday morning. Edsall and the entire UConn team attended the funeral, some said it was their way of paying their last respects.
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