SALT LAKE CITY — Over two years after University of Utah football star Aaron Lowe was killed outside a Salt Lake City party, the suspect in the deadly shooting has pleaded guilty to the murder.
Buk Mawut Buk plead guilty to Lowe's murder and the attempted murder of a woman on Sept. 26, 2021, according to Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill.
While the plea brings closure to the case, it reopens old wounds for Lowe's family.
"It kinda makes it emotional because it kind of feels like I'm living the night that it happened again. I'm remembering, okay, my brother is really gone, this really real," said Lowe's brother, Erin, Monday.
Buk was set to stand trial on four felony counts in connection to the shooting.
"It's imperfect justice," explained Gill. "It is a accountability and it's a severe accountability and its something which is appropriate. The defendant in this matter, if you look at the matrix, hopefully will spend a very long time in prison for this thoughtless, senseless killing."
Lowe and the woman were shot following an argument between him and others at the party near 2200 South Broadmoor Street. As Lowe and the woman were lying the ground, Buk continued to fire his gun, officials said.
Lowe died at the scene, while the woman suffered multiple injuries. The shooting occurred hours after the University of Utah defeated Washington State on campus.
"He was a happy soul," Erin shared, "someone you could laugh with, talk with."
In 2022, Aaron Lowe's family reflected on his legacy one year after his murder below:
Buk, who was arrested months later on Oct. 3, 2021, pleaded guilty to one county of first-degree felony murder and one count of first-degree attempted murder.
"In my mind, in my heart, you took my brother," said Erin. "My brother was an unarmed man and you shot him. He was unarmed, man, he was no threat to you. You could have walked away, he was across the street and he was on the other side, you could have just walked away, turned your back and walk away. Instead, you chose to take his life that night."
Lowe's death came less than a year after his close friend and Utes teammate, Ty Jordan, died while at home in Texas in 2020.
Watch below as family and friends gathered at the funeral for Aaron Lowe in Oct. 2021:
Buk's sentencing is scheduled for April 29.
