The father of the student suspect arrested Monday in connection with a shooting that killed three University of Virginia football players said he’s in shock by the violence and that his son recently told him some people were “picking on him.”
said he’s in shock by the violence and that his son recently told him some people were “picking on him.”
Jones was on the run for more than 12 hours before he was taken into custody, on three counts of second-degree murder and three counts of firearm used in the commission of a felony.His father, Christopher Darnell Jones Sr, told NBC affiliateHe said the last time he talked to his son was a month ago. “When we finally had a chance to talk, he said there were some people there who were giving him a hard time, but he still was upbeat, and he was positive. I don’t know what happened between then and now to cause this to happen,” he continued.“He had some problems the last time I talked to him. He said some people were picking on him or whatever, he didn’t know how to handle it. I just told him, ‘Go to school, don’t pay them no mind,’” Jones Sr. said.
“What happened? Why did it have to get this far? He could’ve called me,” Jones Sr. said. “I don’t know why he didn’t call me Saturday. If he had called me Saturday, I think maybe I could have talked him out of some things, maybe, hopefully.”He issued an apology to the victims on his son’s behalf.
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