- Buku Maut Buku, 25, pleaded guilty to the murder of University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe and the attempted murder of another woman who was injured in the shooting.
- The incident occurred on September 26, 2021, outside a house party in Salt Lake City, when Buck fired multiple shots at Lowe and a woman.
- Mr. Buk is scheduled to be sentenced on April 29th at the Utah State Penitentiary for a minimum term of 15 years to life in prison.
More than two years after police say the man accused of shooting and killing University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe killed the cornerback outside a raucous house party in Salt Lake City, the man accused of fatally shooting University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe was killed Monday, more than two years after police said he killed the cornerback outside a raucous house party in Salt Lake City. Pleaded guilty to murder.
Buku Maut Buku, now 25, has pleaded guilty to the murder of Lowe and the attempted murder of the woman injured in the Sept. 26, 2021, shooting, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said. . Police said after the soccer player asked Buku’s friend to move his car, a heated argument ensued and the suspect fired multiple shots at the two.
Witnesses watched in horror as Lowe, 21, and Fuamori Pomare, 20, lay bleeding on the ground as Bouk continued to fire at them, according to court documents. .
Utah football player Aaron Lowe dies in Salt Lake City shooting
Buk is scheduled to be sentenced on April 29th and could face a minimum sentence of 15 years to life in Utah State Prison. Instead of pleading guilty, the judge dismissed additional charges of obstruction of justice and possession of a weapon by a restricted person because he was already on probation.
Utah defensive back Aaron Lowe is shown during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Arizona on November 23, 2019 in Tucson, Arizona. The man accused of shooting Lowe pleaded guilty Monday to more than two years of murder after police say he killed the cornerback outside a house party in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Scutelli, File)
“Full justice would mean that Mr. Lowe is alive and the other victim is spared lifelong injuries, but this conviction means that Mr. Lowe and the second victim’s loved ones will be spared.” I hope they feel like they’ve received something “a measure of justice,” Gill said Monday.
The sophomore cornerback’s death comes less than a year after teammate Ty Jordan died of an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound on Christmas night in 2020.
Before playing at Utah State, the two were high school friends and football teammates in their hometown of Mesquite, Texas. Lowe changed his college uniform to Jordan’s No. 22 after the running back’s death and became the first recipient of a memorial scholarship established in his honor.
Roughly nine months after Jordan’s death, the Utes mourned their loss once again when an off-campus house party meant to celebrate a victory over Washington State turned violent. Police said uninvited guests, including Buku, showed up at the private party and started causing a disturbance.
Suspect arrested for murder of University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe
Lowe and Pomare tried to leave the party just after midnight, but found their car blocked by another vehicle. During an argument with a group of men who refused to move their car, Buku crossed the street, grabbed a gun from another man and began firing, court documents state.
Lowe died at the scene. The Utah State Medical Examiner’s Office later recovered four bullets from his body, according to autopsy results. Pomare suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his neck and chest and underwent emergency surgery, but survived.
Book, who was arrested in Draper in October of that year, was already on probation for two robberies, including one in which authorities say he robbed a father and daughter at gunpoint. Salt Lake City police said at the time of his arrest in the shooting that Buk had an “extensive violent criminal history” dating back to at least 2017.
