John William Lomax III, 21, was charged with the murder of University of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard, 20. His defense attorney has maintained that he was just trying to break up a fight. Two others were charged in the fight that led to the untimely death of this promising young man. Lomax bond was set at $2 million, which basically means he will sit in jail until his case is tried.
Police charged Hakim Muhammad, 20, of Bloomfield, with conspiracy to commit assault and Jamal Todd, 21, of Hartford, with a felony charge of falsely reporting an incident and a misdemeanor charge of reckless endangerment. Police say he pulled the fire alarm that emptied the dance early Oct. 18, triggering the fight.Lomax is not a UConn student and lives in Bloomfield, which is approximately 30 miles from campus. His lawyer Deron Freeman said he wasn't present when the argument started and doesn't know what it was about, but tried to break up the fight. "He was just partying," Freeman said. "Often people from out of town go to the UConn campus to party." He is a Bloomfield High School graduate and works in information technology. He goes by the nickname "Pooda."
On his Facebook page, Lomax's friends include Muhammad and 21-year-old Johnny Hood of Hartford, who was arrested last week and faces charges of breach of peace and interfering with police. Freeman said he was first told that Lomax would be charged in connection with the fight, but not with murder.
Howard, a starting cornerback whose nickname was Jazz, was stabbed outside a university-sanctioned dance, hours after helping his team to a homecoming game win over Louisville. The entire UConn team attended his funeral Monday in Miami, where he was eulogized by coach Randy Edsall as "the ultimate son, he was the ultimate brother. He was the ultimate teammate. He was the ultimate friend. They didn't come any better than Jazz." It's a real tragedy that this young man was murdered. He has gone too soon.
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