Boyfriend of Fatally Shot College Student Is Charged After His Statement Wasn’t ‘Linking Up’ to Evidence: Police

Rogers McCloud Jr. was arrested on April 4 in connection with the death of Gennia Grimes

A man has been charged with capital murder following the death of an Alabama State University (ASU) student. Rogers McCloud Jr., 20, was arrested on Friday, April 4, and is being held at the Montgomery County Detention Facility without bond, according to local news outlet Al .

An investigation into the death of his girlfriend, Gennia Grimes, 21, began on March 27, when Montgomery County Sherrif’s Office (MCSO) deputies responded to reports of a shooting on U.S. Highway 80 East in the Waugh community of Pike Road, Ala.

Grimes was treated at the scene by first responders before being airlifted to the hospital in critical condition, where she later died, Fox 5 and local news outlet WSFA 12 reported…

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