He has been planning something for a while. Two failed attempts to buy a gun (2018 and 2021). Finally successful in 2022. Alarming!!
Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. faces eight charges, including three for second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a felony. Updates.
www.usatoday.com
From the article:
Suspect twice failed background checks while trying to buy guns
Jones purchased two firearms from a sporting goods store in the Petersburg, Virginia, area earlier this year, but it remains unclear whether either of them was used in the shooting. The store owner said in an email to The Progress-Index, a member of the USA TODAY Network, that Jones tried to purchase weapons on two other occasions, once in 2018 and again last year. He failed both background checks and did not obtain the weapons.
Jones bought the firearms in separate purchases, said Marlon Dance, owner of Dance's Sporting Goods in Colonial Heights. According to Dance's records, Jones purchased a Ruger AR-556 rifle on Feb. 19 and a Glock pistol with an additional magazine on July 8. He passed both background checks.
Dance said Jones failed the background check trying to buy a handgun on Dec. 31, 2018, because he was under 21. Jones failed a check last year because he was facing a felony charge of failing to stop for an accident in which he was involved. Jones ultimately entered a plea of no contest to a charge of not reporting a traffic accident – a misdemeanor, so Jones was eligible to purchase guns in Virginia.