The father of Darnell Jones Jr., the suspected shooter in the murder of three University of Virginia football players, spoke with WWBT and said he was in disbelief at what happened. Darnell Jones Sr. said the last time he spoke with his son was one month ago. WWBT’s A.J. Nwoko reports.
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I don't believe in bully story because he shot the whole bus. The whole team didn't bully him
Why is the media ignoring that they were evil relentless bullies
Our hearts go out to the families of the murdered students.
Maybe he was still in shock, but did the father come off as emotionless? I would be in tears for the murdered men, their families, and that my son was going to go to jail for the rest of his life.
I don’t know, just devastated over the loss of life.
Who let him on the bus.
Football players have their own bus.
He not on team
Who let him on the bus.
The same happened to TAKEOFF
6 months after Uvalde was the 7th US school shooting for 2022, Virginia University became 41st.
44 Americans are shot by other Americans each day and is proof US gun laws don't work.
US Gun companies have made billions making fools of Americans. Put the guns down.
They actually found a blaq guys father? That’s a news story by itself.
Let this be a lesson to the ignorant.
People break… and some get what they deserve.
People are just animals deep down remember that people we all have a breaking point sometimes people need to be tested on this in consequence people who are like this aught be put in a arena to fight to the death and the lone victor will learn a lesson about how fragile life is
Dusty dads have dusty sons.
Parents, if your child is being bullied and they tell you, do what you can to transfer them to a better school, where they will not get bullied. Or teach them how to respect themselves, know who they are and what they are worth, so that when a bully approaches, he recognizes that your kid is better at the mind game then they are. As a parent, it is your responsibility to protect your child. Too many kids tell their parents they are being bullied, and folks don't even try to homeschool or transfer them to online classes/college to help them out. Sad!
Very good I’m happy that d1 football players died. Their always cocky
There are lots of instances when a father is in the home full-time from the beginning stages of his son's life until whenever and you still have mass murderers or people that do things. So whether his father was in his life full-time, or not doesn't make the situation what it is, it may have contributed to it we don't know. But the fact that there's a lot of trench coat killers out here, and they grew up with their dads from birth to the present time of their crimes doesn't prove anything and they lived under the same roof with the child and knew they had issues so you can't blame it on the parent always.
Rip 🕊🕊🕊
Very sorry for all the lives lost including the shooter. I was super skinny as a kid and was bullied all the time but I survived it. I'm just glad I never had access to a gun or I may have been in the same circumstances as he is in today.
This is why you should never interview the suspects family. They will always spin things in favor of the suspects because they can’t believe their child could do something bad.
What he shot his fella muthafuckas fuh?
Something went on with this young man, from what details have been released about him so far it sounds like he was not in regular contact with his mother (lived with his grandmother since he was 16), seems like he only saw his father every now and then and was being bullied badly in school. Not that it excuses what he did, but it seems like many signs were missed.
It’s not okay to “bully “ people but it’s absolutely NOT okay to unalive people either way he still lost in the end . I’m tired of the stories with this narrative being proved false for some sympathy so I’ll reserve judgment prayers for those young men families dealing with this .
Going after the team implies it was personal.
Dang ☹️
Dad said "Do what you gotta do." Now he in jail.
The infamous African American father strikes again
CTE and a chin diaper
Failed parenting in the black community
If he raised his son properly those victims would still be with us😢
🤔So there was a mass shooting but it’s not being reported as a mass shooting. I wonder why? Oh wait… the shooter was 🤷🏿♂️
Hey. There’s some big news going on in Wisconsin, you know. That “red supremacist suv that killed 6 people” is being sentenced right now. Maybe your interested, but maybe not bc it not the right color!
Fake
When and where is the peaceful blm protests for this unnecessary violence against young black men?
He missed those foundational years….The most important years in a boys life.
sadly this is a big preventable reality that can be prevented by focusing on your mental health. He was being bullied and sounded paranoid? hmm. was he breathing oxygen manually? everyone should be doing that because as we get older we have duties to perform and our enemies are great. Our enemies are just like us, born into a hostile world that is filled with miscommunication and the lack of listening to their own selves with their needs and wants. Angry people and sad people sometimes dont know what they are mad or sad about truly. Imagine the first human who figured out that that painful feeling in their stomach was because they had to eat, drink and manage what they eat. Hunger is an emotion. Anger is an emotion. We are born into a hostile world where people dont know how to quench their emotions like hunger and its frustrating and makes people not act right.
THEY will NOT be bullying another boy/young man for SURE !
He’s not white so no one cares
Well if they were actually bullying him bad then they definitely deserved it. Idk if that’s the case but if they did bully him then justice was served 🙌
the question that i would like to ask is was this father actually around for this kids whole life?
Ghetto
Who cares what he has to say, he's a failure as a father and should be ashamed that he even brought a monster like that into this world.
Sounds like some MK Ultra too me…. Black people don't do mass shootings