LOWER MORELAND -- A suspect has been arrested in the Feb. 20 shooting on the University of Arizona campus that resulted in the death of Forrest Keys, a 2019 Lower Moreland graduate, the Tucson Police Department announced Friday.
A 17-year-old boy was arrested and booked on Thursday under suspicion of first-degree murder and drive-by shooting per a department statement. According to police reports, Keys, a 20-year-old sophomore majoring in communications, was walking with friends in a parking garage when a verbal altercation with a red Cadillac car escalated into violence.
Keys was an accomplished athlete at Lower Moreland, where he was a pivotal player on the boysâ basketball teamâs state playoff runs in 2016 and 2019 and an all-league wide receiver with the Lions football program. News of Keysâ passing hit the Lower Moreland community hard, with coaches and teammates remembering him as a fierce competitor and loyal teammate.