Dec 28, 2005 8:17 am US/Eastern
Charges Brought In Fatal Canton Robbery
Baltimore, MD (WJZ/AP) ―
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Alvin Augustus Williams
WJZ
Baltimore police have charged a 25-year-old Rosedale man in last month's fatal shooting of 33-year-old Brian Jones -- an assistant basketball coach at Cardinal Gibbons High School.
Investigators tell
WJZ Eyewitness News 25-year-old Alvin Augustus Williams turned himself in for the crime on Friday, after police issued a warrant for his arrest. They call his criminal background "exhaustive," dating back six years.
Williams is charged with first-degree murder. Police are still investigating as to whether any other suspects are involved.
"Was Mr. Williams alone? We don't really know, but he was the only one who got out of the vehicle. That we do know," Major Richard Falteich of City Police said in a news conference Tuesday afternoon. "The pressure brought to bear on family, friends, and associates got to the point where Mister Williams decided to do the right thing and turn himself in."
Jones was shot to death November 12th in Canton after leaving a bar late at night with friends in Canton Square. His friends escaped harm free.
On Tuesday night, Jones' family sat down with
WJZ's Mike Hellgren and talked about the beloved son, coach, father, and friend.
"To lose a son under those circumstances--a violent death like my son went through, it just puts a burden on your heart," Jones tells Hellgren.
Police had very few clues as to who was behind the crime, but believed it was a random robbery.
"We started looking immediately at some of the things that occurred in that area that night, looking at other crime patterns that occurred," said Falteich.
Jones was extremely popular among his friends and his student athletes, who were all left wondering why this happened to an inspiring coach and a loving father of three, including a newborn. His father says the younger children don't yet understand what's happened, but his oldest, Cameron, knows his father is gone and isn't coming back.
"I know I don't hate the individual. My wife doesn't hate the individual. We hate the crime that he committed."
(© 2005 CBS Worldwide Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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