The murder of 9-year-old Princeton Jones continues to spark questions from his mother and demands for the severest form of justice from community activists.
But nothing will bring back the child allegedly shot to death by his own father. The little boy's mother and community activists held a news conference outside Compton City Hall Saturday with a message for the sheriff's department and the district attorney who reside in the Hall of Justice.They say they want answers.PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Compton father arrested in shooting death of 9-year-old boy over holiday weekend"My son was nine. His plot number is my birthday. No justice today.
She believes Jones loved his son, but says she had recently filed for child support and back payments she hadn't received in seven years."The child support wasn't that much money. Child support was $92. The most it has been is $172. So the $172, let's be frank, is like gas money."Green says she doesn't know how to feel. But community activists are calling on the new district attorney to add special enhancements to Jones' charges.
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