The female student told police she had heard Lotts and Sims come into her apartment while she was asleep and the men had told her they would come back later.

Lotts and Sims were taken into custody at 2:06 a.m. Massey said a review of surveillance footage showed some of the crime: “I observed that at about 1:08 a.m. Nicholas and Deion are seen walking to the steps leading to (the victim’s) apartment,” Massey said. “They can be seen walking up the steps with nothing in their hands. At about 1:10 a.m. ... both Nicholas and Deion are seen on the second floor landing. Deion is seen dropping a black object that appears to be the sound bar off the balcony.” Both men are later seen running away, Sims clutching the soundbar, the affidavit said.