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including a statue and other rocks — on “at least 10 separate days” since at least February.
e following account is based on the allegations in the a davits:
On April 19, Karol-Chik and Koenig bought a “project” car, according to Karol-Chik, around 4 or 5 p.m., after which Karol-Chik moved the car to a friend’s house, drove to Kwak’s house to pick him up, and then continued to get Koenig.
Karol-Chik’s statement says that he and Kwak both collected landscaping rocks from the Walmart on 72nd Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard, loading them into the bed of KarolChik’s pickup, a Chevrolet Silverado
1500.
A fourth man said he was with the trio at the Walmart, but asked to be taken home when he suspected the group might be preparing for trouble. e fourth man said the group was loading up “as much (rocks) as they could carry” into the vehicle, and said Koenig frequently participates in disruptive behavior because he likes to cause “chaos.”
Investigators used cell phone data and crime reports to determine that the rock that killed Bartell was one of seven incidents of landscaping rocks being thrown at cars in a large, semi-circular area stretching from Highway 72 in the south, Highway 93 in the east, Highway 128 in the north and Indiana Street in the west.
Kwak’s statement claims that while the trio was traveling around, Koenig was driving the vehicle, Karol-Chik