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University of Kentucky Student Fatally Shot Near Campus

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This story has been updated.

Police in Lexington have arrested a second person in the fatal shooting of a University of Kentucky student.

A news release from the city says 20-year-old Efrain Diaz of Lexington was charged Friday with murder and robbery.

Diaz and 18-year-old Justin D. Smith are charged in the death early Friday of 22-year-old Jonathan W. Krueger of Perrysburg, Ohio. Smith is charged with murder, robbery, tampering with evidence and evading police.

Krueger was a junior communications major and photo editor at the school newspaper. He was shot in the chest about 2 a.m. a block from the Lexington campus while walking home from a party.

The man Krueger was with told police a minivan pulled up and confronted them. He said he managed to flee, found two men nearby and contacted authorities.

Earlier: Police say they have made an arrest in the fatal shooting of a University of Kentucky student.

A statement from the city says police charged 18-year-old Justin D. Smith on Friday with murder, robbery, tampering with evidence and evading police. The statement says police also are looking for more suspects in the killing of 22-year-old Jonathan W. Krueger of Ohio.

Krueger was gunned down as he walked with a friend along a street near the UK campus in Lexington. The coroner says he died of a gunshot wound to the chest.

Lexington police say they responded to a report of shots fired around 2 a.m. Friday and found Krueger in the street.

Krueger was photo editor at the school's newspaper, the Kentucky Kernel.