Former Virginia football player Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. is facing three counts of second-degree murder and three counts of using a handgun in the commission of a felony.
It was the news that shocked the country once again after three members of the Virginia football team were killed after returning from a school field trip on Sunday. It not only shocked everybody, it also shocked members of his family.
Jones’ father commented on this tragedy.
“I can’t believe it was him,” Christopher Darnell Jones Sr. said. “I still can’t believe it now.”
“He came to the house he did his laundry, we sat and talked, and he seemed like he was doing really well. 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.”
His mother told NBC12 that he seemed normal when they spoke Sunday and was excited to celebrate his 23rd birthday on Nov. 17. She says she attempted to call him several times when she learned of the shooting but was unable to reach him over the phone.
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With his son in custody, Jones’s father says he wants to speak face-to-face with the 22-year-old son to figure out what led up to the shooting.
“I don’t know what to say except I’m sorry on his behalf, and I apologize. He’s not a bad kid. He really isn’t,” Jones Sr. said. “I just don’t know what happened. I wasn’t there. I don’t know what happened to cause all of this.”
Jones is facing several charges, including three counts of second-degree murder.
