Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, May 25, 1990 TAG: 9005250297
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B1 EDITION: BEDFORD/FRANKLIN
SOURCE: MONICA DAVEY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: BEDFORD LENGTH: Medium
Jones and his friend, Clarence Thurman Calloway, had been arguing during an evening of drinking at a house on King Street on April 7, Sgt. Mel Massey said.
Jones told police he went to his Crenshaw Street house, pulled a gun from under the mattress, loaded it and headed back to the King Street house, Massey testified.
When he got there, Calloway cursed at him and Jones shot Calloway, Massey said. Jones told police that Calloway staggered back a few feet, and Jones shot him again. While Calloway lay on the living room floor, Jones shot at him four more times, Massey said.
When police officers asked Jones if he meant to kill Calloway, he responded, "Yes," Massey said.
Bedford General District Judge James Farmer on Thursday certified to a grand jury murder charges against the 32-year-old Jones. The grand jury will consider an indictment against him May 31.
Calloway was found dead at 430 King St. at 9:48 p.m. April 7. An hour later, Jones was arrested at his mother's home on Mills Street. Police say he confessed to the killing about 10 minutes later.
Jones' attorney, Bedford County Public Defender Webster Hogeland, told the judge he plans to present evidence that the killing was in self-defense. Hogeland said Calloway had been threatening Jones with an iron pipe.
Florence Snead, Calloway's girlfriend who was at the house with Jones and Calloway, testified that the pair had been "fussing" on and off during the evening. Snead, who also is a cousin of Jones', said she never saw Calloway hit Jones.
The three of them split two fifths of bourbon, she said. Police reports showed Calloway's blood alcohol level at .24 percent, more than double the .10 percent reading considered legally drunk when driving.
by CNB