Overview
- Proceedings opened Monday in Charlottesville with a sentencing hearing scheduled to run five days.
- Jones pleaded guilty in November 2024 to three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated malicious wounding, and five firearm offenses.
- He could receive a life prison sentence under the charges to which he admitted guilt.
- The Nov. 13, 2022 attack occurred on a charter bus returning from Washington, D.C., killing Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr., and D'Sean Perry and wounding Mike Hollins and Marlee Morgan.
- Authorities have not released a motive, though a witness told police Jones targeted specific victims.