Lawyer: Client arrested in fight that led to UConn player stabbing, is not accused of killing

Lawyer: 1 arrested in UConn fight, not in stabbing

STORRS, Conn. — A defense attorney says his client has been arrested in connection with a fight that led to the fatal stabbing of a University of Connecticut football player.

Attorney Deron Freeman says John William Lomax, of Bloomfield, was arrested Tuesday morning. Freeman says he doesn’t know the charge, but says his client isn’t being charged with stabbing 20-year-old Jasper Howard.

Freeman says he expects Lomax to be arraigned Wednesday.

Police have scheduled an early afternoon news conference to announce what they call “significant developments” in the investigation.

Howard was fatally stabbed early Oct. 18 outside a school dance. The stabbing was hours after Howard helped the Huskies to a homecoming game win over Louisville. His funeral was Monday in Miami.

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STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut State Police say there are “significant developments” in the investigation into the fatal stabbing of a University of Connecticut football player.

Police have scheduled an early afternoon news conference at the university to discuss the case.

Twenty-year-old Jasper Howard was fatally stabbed early Oct. 18 outside a school dance. The stabbing was hours after Howard helped the Huskies to a homecoming game win over Louisville. His funeral was Monday in Miami.

One man faces charges of breach of peace and interfering with police, but has not been charged in the killing. Police this weekend searched storm drains and a lake on campus but wouldn’t say what they were looking for.