The victim was a recent high school graduate who planned to go to the university.
The Carrollton Police Department said 47-year-old Richard Sigman is charged with murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
Investigators said preliminary information indicates that the former professor and another man got into a verbal argument at a restaurant,The man reportedly told police Sigman had threatened to shoot him. When security approached Sigman, they saw he had a weapon and told him to leave. The University of West Georgia President Brendan Kelly released the following statement saying in part:
Ethan Lepard, a friend of Jones, said she was a sweet, caring girl and that he “will miss her forever.”
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