Friday's Internet Edition, May 09, 2008.
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That man is wanted for Jones’ murder.
Now, the price for information leading to that man’s arrest has increased to $7,000. N.C. Gov. Mike Easly issued a proclamation adding $5,000 to the $2,000 reward already offered by the family.
“We want to wake everybody up,” said Mocksville Police Chief Robert Cook. “We’re not going to quit until we catch the right one. We’re following lots of leads at this time.”
Jones was talking with friends in the parking lot of the Sagebrush of Mocksville on US 601 North at I-40, just after midnight on Nov. 4, when the man, wearing a ski-type mask and carrying a black pump action type shotgun, appeared from a wood area. He wanted inside the recently-closed restaurant, and Jones stepped in to tell him that wouldn’t happen.
The suspect shot Jones with the shotgun at a close range. Jones died at the scene.
He grabbed a woman, and held her hostage briefly, trying again to gain access to the building. When the other employees in the parking lot flagged down a Highway Patrol trooper, the man ran behind the building with the woman, glancing back before finally letting her go and fleeing toward the eastbound exit ramp from US 601 North to I-40 East.
The suspect is described as a black male, approximately 6-feet tall, weighing 170-200 pounds, with a light complexion, almond-shaped eyes and a wide nose.
Anyone with any information on the crime is asked to call Mocksville Police Detective Nelson Turrentine at 751-6231 or N.C. SBI Special Agent D.J. Smith at 828-294-2226 ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.