'Put a hat on him': College student allegedly asked 3 people to kill his neighbor for $500 after the first person turned him down and went to the cops

A Colorado assemblage pupil has been arrested aft constabulary said helium tried to person his dorm mate killed.

Jackson T. Keller, 19, posted $50,000 bail aft helium was booked into the La Plata County Jail connected Jan. 29 and charged with solicitation to perpetrate first-degree murder. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said successful a property merchandise that it worked with the Fort Lewis College Police Department aft allegations that Keller was plotting to person a chap pupil killed. Authorities said Keller "allegedly attempted to transportation 2 abstracted parties to perpetrate the execution of a chap student successful speech for a currency payment."

According to an apprehension affidavit obtained by the Durango Herald, a section quality outlet, 1 of the parties that Keller allegedly tried to person transportation retired the act, chap pupil Kobe McGill, notified police aft helium was approached. McGill told constabulary that Keller and his alleged people were erstwhile connected affable terms, but their narration had soured successful caller weeks.

Keller and the pupil helium allegedly targeted were teammates who played for the assemblage shot squad and lived successful a dorm country that shared a bathroom. McGill told constabulary that the alleged people had started locking his doorway to support Keller retired of his room. On the nighttime of Jan. 28, McGill was with the teammate successful his country erstwhile Keller tried to participate the room. After McGill and the pupil went to face Keller, an statement ensued, and the pupil knocked implicit Keller's TV onto a video crippled console. There was nary damage, but Keller challenged the pupil to a fight. The pupil said helium went to the hallway to person it retired with Keller, but the second stayed successful his room.

McGill told constabulary that Keller was holding connected to a brace of scissors arsenic the pupil near the country and allegedly said helium "would stab anyone who came into his country to effort and wounded him."

After the altercation, Keller allegedly asked McGill if helium would beryllium consenting to termination the student, asking if helium would "put a chapeau connected him" for $500. McGill told constabulary that helium refused, but past Keller told him "never mind," and that helium knew idiosyncratic other helium could ask.

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According to the affidavit, McGill was contiguous erstwhile Keller received a FaceTime telephone from 3 men from Colorado Springs who had firearms. McGill told constabulary helium watched arsenic Keller asked the men if they would "put a hat" connected the pupil for $500. After they agreed, McGill told constabulary helium saw Keller implicit the transaction connected Cash App.

McGill rapidly told the pupil what helium had allegedly conscionable witnessed, and some students notified schoolhouse officials, who past notified police.

When constabulary questioned Keller, helium denied the alleged crippled and said authorities could instrumentality his telephone aft helium spoke to his father. Police said that portion Keller was successful the interrogation room, cameras caught him "quickly moving done apps connected his phone" arsenic helium spoke to his father. Keller's begetter told his lad to halt talking until they got an attorney.

Keller was charged with solicitation to perpetrate first-degree execution and unlawful possession of a limb connected assemblage grounds. He posted $50,000 bail and was released from La Plata County Jail. His adjacent tribunal day is scheduled for Feb. 23.

Local CBS affiliate KCNC reported that a mandatory protective order was filed against Keller, ordering him not to marque interaction with the pupil oregon spell anyplace adjacent him.