The daddy of the scholar suspect arrested Monday in reference to a taking pictures that killed three College of Virginia soccer gamers mentioned he’s in shock by the violence and that his son lately advised him some folks have been “choosing on him.”
Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., 22, was arrested Monday simply earlier than 11 a.m. in Henrico County, Virginia, about 75 miles away from the campus in Charlottesville, the place gunfire erupted round 10:30 p.m. Sunday.
Jones was on the run for greater than 12 hours earlier than he was taken into custody, on three counts of second-degree homicide and three counts of firearm used within the fee of a felony.
The information of the lethal taking pictures was a shock for the suspect’s mother and father.
His father, Christopher Darnell Jones Sr, advised NBC affiliate WBBT of Richmond, Virginia, “I can’t imagine it was him. I nonetheless can’t imagine it now.”
He mentioned the final time he talked to his son was a month in the past.
“He got here to the home and he did his laundry, we sat and talked, and he appeared like he was doing very well,” Jones Sr. mentioned to WBBT.
“Once we lastly had an opportunity to speak, he mentioned there have been some folks there who have been giving him a tough time, however he nonetheless was upbeat, and he was optimistic. I don’t know what occurred between then and now to trigger this to occur,” he continued.
He mentioned that his son talked about folks have been “choosing on him,” however did not go into particulars.
“He had some issues the final time I talked to him. He mentioned some folks have been choosing on him or no matter, he didn’t know easy methods to deal with it. I simply advised him, ‘Go to high school, don’t pay them no thoughts,'” Jones Sr. mentioned. “He was actually paranoid after I talked to him about one thing, however he wouldn’t inform me the whole lot. He was a really delicate younger man.”
Jones Jr. moved in along with his father and his grandmother in Petersburg, Virginia, throughout his highschool years after Jones Sr. separated from his spouse, the daddy mentioned.
Jones Jr.’s mom, who’s recognized in public data as Margo Ellis, mentioned in a telephone name Monday that her son has lived along with his grandmother since he was 16. She mentioned that she did not have contact with him after the taking pictures and did not know what may need contributed to it.
“What occurred? Why did it should get this far? He might’ve referred to as me,” Jones Sr. mentioned. “I don’t know why he didn’t name me Saturday. If he had referred to as me Saturday, I feel possibly I might have talked him out of some issues, possibly, hopefully.”
Now the daddy needs to talk face-to-face along with his son and work out what let as much as the taking pictures.
He issued an apology to the victims on his son’s behalf.
“I simply don’t know what occurred. I wasn’t there. I don’t know what occurred to trigger all of this,” he mentioned.
Three UVA soccer gamers have been killed within the taking pictures that unfolded on a faculty bus coming back from a subject journey to see a play in Washington D.C. Sunday night time.
They have been recognized as D’Sean Perry, a fourth-year pupil from Miami; Devin Chandler, a second-year pupil from Virginia Seaside, Virginia; and Lavel Davis Jr., a third-year pupil from South Carolina.
Two others have been injured. College President Jim Ryan mentioned one was in crucial situation and the opposite in good situation as of Monday.
