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Teen arrested for allegedly hiring hitmen to take out teammate

The 19-year-old tried to get a mutual acquaintance to ‘put a hat’ on his former friend after their relationship soured, an arrest affidavit reveals, and then turned to a trio of alleged assassins from Colorado Springs — The 19-year-old tried to get a mutual acquaintance to ‘put a hat’ on his former friend after their relationship soured, an arrest affidavit reveals, and then turned to a trio of alleged assassins from Colorado Springs ( Fort Lewis College/CC BY-SA 3.0)

A 19-year-old college student, Jackson T. Keller, has been arrested in Colorado over an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting his football teammate.
Keller, a student at Fort Lewis College, reportedly sought to have his former friend killed after their relationship deteriorated following a series of incidents in their shared dorm.
He first approached a mutual acquaintance, who refused, before allegedly contacting three men from Colorado Springs via FaceTime, offering them $500 via CashApp to carry out the hit.
The plot was uncovered when the acquaintance, Kobe McGill, witnessed Keller's interaction with the alleged assassins and reported it to the intended victim, who then alerted college officials and police.
Keller was arrested on suspicion of criminal solicitation for first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a weapon, and has since been released on a $50,000 bail, with a court appearance scheduled for Feb. 23.

Colorado college student accused of $500 murder-for-hire plot against football teammate — In full