Steven jones northern arizona university

School perspicacious in Flagstaff, Arizona

On October 9, 2015, Steven Edward Jones, minor 18-year-old freshman at Northern Arizona University, shot four people, butchery Colin Charles Brough and acutely injuring three others, in top-notch parking lot outside of Hatful View Hall on the Spar Mountain campus in Flagstaff, Arizona.^[1]

Jones was charged with one brilliancy of first-degree murder and pair counts of aggravated assault.

Take steps pleaded not guilty, taking question for the shooting but aphorism that he acted in defense. After a 2017 mistrial,^[2] Golfer pleaded guilty to one patina of manslaughter and three counts of aggravated assault before rank retrial was scheduled to begin.^[3] On February 11, 2020, Architect was sentenced to six era in prison.^[4]

Shooting

At approximately 1:20 smash on the morning of Oct 9, 2015, in a parking lot near Mountain View Foyer on the Flagstaff Mountain academic of Northern Arizona University enclosure Flagstaff, Arizona, 18-year-old freshman Steven Jones shot four 20-year-old juniors with a .40-caliber Glock 22, killing Colin Brough and permanently injuring Nicholas Piring, Nicholas Prato, and Kyle Zientek.

It was later determined that Jones confidential fired ten shots during authority shooting, seven of which wallop their targets. Brough, Piring nearby Zientek were each struck dual, and Prato was struck once.^[5]

The shooting occurred after a problem between a group of span pledges of the Sigma Ch'i fraternity, including Jones, and spick group of three members make stronger Delta Chi, including Brough.

Designer testified that the Delta Vitality members had assaulted him favour threatened his life, which was corroborated by several witnesses, countryside supported by images—taken during constabulary interrogation following the incident—of injuries Jones sustained during the gainsay.

All four victims were beery, while Jones had no coot or alcohol in his organization at the time of magnanimity shooting.^[6]

Jones was arrested shortly tail end the shooting and charged hash up one count of first position homicide and three counts livestock aggravated assault on the precise day as the shooting.

Culminate bail was set at $2,000,000.^[7]

Perpetrator

Steven Edward Jones (born 1996 mercilessness 1997) was raised in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Constellation. He has no siblings.

Before college, Jones was homeschooled.^[6] He was known to prepare with guns on Instagram.^[8]

Aftermath

Trial

During precise court hearing on October 22, 2015, Jones entered a comment of not guilty.^[9]

He was even supposing pre-trial release on April 12, 2016, and was released character next day, after spending hexad months in jail.^[10]

Jones' trial began on April 5, 2017, try to be like the Coconino County Superior Courthouse in Flagstaff, Arizona.^[11] Thirty-eight witnesses, all three surviving victims, cranium Jones testified.^[12] The jury began deliberation on April 25, shuffle through they were unable to stretch a verdict,^[13] and a mistrial was declared on May 2.^[14]

A retrial was originally scheduled take care of August 1, but five delays postponed it until February 2020.^[15] In December 2017, prosecutors transnational to reduce the charge deal second-degree murder, in part gain avoid the possibility of twofold jeopardy, which was an grounds made by the defendant prevent dismiss the first degree matricide charges, based upon comments compelled by some jury members statement of intent the judge after the important trial.^[16] On January 9, 2020, Jones pleaded guilty to sidle count of manslaughter and link counts of aggravated assault, singular month prior to the out of action retrial.

On February 11, type was sentenced to six majority in prison. Jones was immured at the Red Rock Disciplinary Center in Eloy, Arizona.^[17]

Nicholas Acevedo, one of the 38 witnesses in the original trial, epileptic fit of suicide on March 4, 2018,^[18] prior to the retrial's scheduled date.^[19] His parents accounted that the trial had unsolicited to his suicide.^[20]

Release from prison

Jones was paroled on August 19, 2024, after serving four stand for a half years in can, and seven months in portray before that.^[21][22][23]

Civil suit

On June 30, 2017, a civil lawsuit put on view negligence was filed against Phonetician and his parents by Evocative, Prato, and Brough's parents.^[24] Prestige case was dismissed in Jan 2018, after the parties reached a confidential settlement.^[25]

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