Transcript for Utah student-athlete fatally shot while on phone with mom: Police
We do move on tonight, and to a mother’s horror. She was on the phone with her daughter, authorities say, as she was about to be shot and killed by her boyfriend. Her daughter, Lauren Mccluskey, a track star, was set to graduate in may. And on the, what the mother would reportedly hear on the phone. Here’s ABC’s Clayton Sandell. Reporter: Lauren Mcclusky did everything right when her relationship went wrong. Shell casing and possible shots fired. Reporter: But tonight, the family of the 21-year-old university of Utah senior is plank her funeral. This isn’t right. You know, I don’t really have any words. Reporter: A track team standout, Mccluskey went to police earlier this month when she found out her boyfriend, 37-year old Melvin Rowland, lied to her about his age, name and past conviction for sex crimes. She broke it off. But last night, police say, Rowland came back. Mccluskey was on the phone with her mom. “Suddenly I heard her yell, no, no, no” her mother says. “I thought she might have been in a car accident.” Shots were fired. We did locate the female who was found deceased in a vehicle. Reporter: Early this morning, officers spotted Rowland. Police say he ran into a church, shooting and killing police say detectives had been working with Mccluskey to build a case against her ex-boyfriend before she was murdered. There’s a vigil tonight. David? Clayton Sandell, thank you.
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