More details continue to emerge about Saturday’s car accident that killed four-year-old Marco Lee Shemwell outside of Kroger Field. University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto sent out a campus-wide email this afternoon announcing the school has suspended Jacob Heil, the 18-year-old student that struck Shemwell, and Alpha Tau Omega (ATO), the fraternity he was pledging.
As reported earlier, the police report says Heil blew a .051 BAC at the scene around 2 p.m. He claimed he had two beers around 9:30 a.m. at a tailgate party leading up to the game. According to a letter from UK to ATO obtained by the Herald-Leader, that party was an unregistered tailgate held by ATO where alcohol was served to minors and every pledge was forced to serve alcohol to other people, a hazing violation.