Jones was initially charged with three counts of second-degree murder and three firearm charges. Additional charges were added for the injuries suffered by the other two students. These are malicious wounding and firearm counts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Jones\u2019s next court date is December 8. He didn’t enter a plea on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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He was arrested in 2021 in Chesterfield County for concealed weapons charges. He was given a suspended sentence in that case, Fox News<\/em> reported. In October 2021, Jones received another suspended sentence for a hit-and-run charge with property damage and reckless driving, WRIC<\/em> said. He also received a suspended sentence for an incident that happened in October 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nIn addition, it was revealed earlier this week that as UVA officials investigated a hazing issue, an unnamed student was told by Jones that he possessed a gun, CNN<\/em> reported. UVA forwarded the incident for review by the university\u2019s Threat Assessment Team and judicial council for possible disciplinary action.<\/p>\nJones\u2019s father also told a local TV station this week that his son had been picked on.<\/p>\n
Jones was a standout academic student and football player while in high school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The University of Virginia has canceled its scheduled football game on Saturday with Coastal Carolina after a triple homicide involving the UVA team. Three members of the UVA football team were shot dead on Sunday. The Charlottesville campus continues to mourn their deaths. Two other students were injured in the shootings. News that Saturday\u2019s home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":243503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[13766,82002,83731],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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