Virginia man shoots at neighbor who went outside to check on him: police

A Virginia man was arrested Sunday morning after capturing his neighbor a number of occasions, police mentioned.

Scott Jones, 52, was arrested in Stafford County following a short interplay along with his neighbor simply earlier than 9 a.m., an interplay that resulted in him capturing the unidentified neighbor “a number of occasions,” Main Shawn Kimmitz mentioned in a press release.

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Police mentioned the neighbor requested if Jones was “OK” earlier than Jones fired a handgun at him. The neighbor then retreated into his house, and Jones adopted inside.

“Jones adopted into the sufferer’s house, persevering with to fireplace indiscriminately towards the sufferer. Though there was important injury to the house from the bullets, the sufferer and his household weren’t injured,” Kimmitz mentioned.

Jones then ran throughout the road and tried to enter one other house, however its resident didn’t reply after they noticed Jones was armed, police mentioned.

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Legislation enforcement arrived on the scene moments later, once they noticed Jones sitting on the neighbor’s porch, they mentioned.

Trooper Chad Dermyer’s patrol automotive sits on show in entrance of the Virginia State Police Administrative Headquarters in North Chesterfield County, on this undated handout picture supplied by the Virginia State Police, April 1, 2016.
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After a brief dialogue, Jones complied with the officers’ request to drop his weapon. He then unexpectedly rushed on the officers, who tased and apprehended him.

Jones was charged with malicious wounding, utilizing a firearm within the fee of a felony, housebreaking whereas armed with a lethal weapon, capturing into an occupied dwelling, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in line with the report.

He’s being held with out bond.