BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The teen accused of shooting and killing Broadmoor High senior student Kyle “KJ” Earthly Jr. has pleaded not guilty.

According to officials, Jeremiah Howze,18, pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, handling a machine gun, and obstruction of justice during his arraignment on Monday, May 12.

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Howze was indicted earlier this month after being arrested in January for Earthly’s shooting death on O’Neal Lane in December of 2024.

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