The College of West Georgia professor who shot lifeless a pupil in an as-yet unexplained assault over the weekend was denied bail on Monday.
Richard Sigman, 47, is in custody on seven felony fees together with homicide for the dying of 18-year-old Anna Jones, a freshman who was as a consequence of begin courses earlier than she was gunned down on Saturday evening throughout a night out with mates in Carrollton, Georgia.
He appeared earlier than in a wheelchair earlier than a decide on Monday for his first courtroom look the place he was denied bond. The disgraced professor had a big gash on his head.
Police say he shot into the automobile Jones was in after moving into an argument at Leopoldo’s, a close-by pizzeria.
A lot of the incident stays unexplained, together with who Sigman argued with, or whether or not that individual is any approach related to Anna.
Requested why he shot into her automobile, a police spokesman instructed DailyMail.com on Monday afternoon, after the courtroom listening to: ‘That’s the burning query. We do not know.’
She was not on the pizzeria when Sigman bought into an argument with one other patron, and she or he doesn’t know that man. Workers instructed him to depart after they noticed he was armed with a handgun.
Sigman appeared earlier than in a wheelchair earlier than a decide on Monday for his first courtroom look the place he was denied bond. The disgraced professor had a big gash on his head.
Richard Sigman, 47, is proven in an unearthed Fb photograph working towards taking pictures with an assault rifle. It is unclear what kind of gun was utilized in Saturday’s assault
Sigman is proven in his reserving photograph, left. He’s accused of murdering Anna Jones, proper, who was in a automobile together with her mates when he opened hearth
After being thrown out of the pizzeria, Sigman walked over the parking deck the place Anna was together with her mates and opened hearth into their automobile. She was not on the pizzeria on the time of the argument, and it stays unclear why he focused her automobile
‘No, the male was not within the automobile with Anna and her mates nor did they know one another. They weren’t associated in any respect.
‘It doesn’t seem Sigman adopted anybody. It’s weird to say the least,’ the spokesman added.
After being thrown out of the pizzeria, Sigman walked over the parking deck the place Anna was together with her mates and opened hearth into their automobile.
Now, her household is elevating cash to pay for her funeral. They’re additionally looking for solutions in her dying.
Sigman, who’s believed to be single, has been fired by the college.
He had been instructing enterprise there since 2012.
The Carrollton Police Division is but to reply a few of the key questions that stay, together with what kind of weapon was used within the assault and whether or not he legally owned it.
Social media images obtained by DailyMail.com painting Sigman to be a gun-toting nature lover who spends most of his time on the lake close to his residence.
Anna’s family and friends are actually attempting to make sense of her sudden and mindless killing. She is proven at promenade
{The teenager} with household. Amongst these mourning her dying are the moms of infants she taken care of at a daycare middle
The College of West Georgia has not commented on his employment historical past.
The varsity launched a press release after Anna’s dying to say: ‘The College of West Georgia has discovered of the lack of considered one of its college students, Anna Jones, who handed away following an off-campus incident earlier right this moment.
‘UWG has terminated the employment of Richard Sigman and continues to work with the town of Carrollton Police Division, which leads this ongoing investigation.’
Locals instructed DailyMail.com on Monday that the taking pictures occurred in a parking deck close to the pizzeria, adjoining to the courthouse.
Close by is Adams Sq., which some within the city say has turn into overrun with bars and consuming.
Sigman’s social media profiles painting him as an outdoorsman who spends a lot of his time on the lake close to his residence
Earlier than taking pictures Anna, police say Sigman bought right into a combat with a person on this pizzeria within the city
Anna’s devastated household have taken to social media to share their grief and mates have launched a GoFundMe account on their behalf.
‘She was a stupendous, candy soul and her smile would gentle up a room! As with most dad and mom, you by no means assume that you’ll want life insurance coverage in your baby.
‘This was a devastating and mindless crime that left a whole lot of hearts damaged, a neighborhood mourning, and a household grieving.
‘When you may, please assist in any approach,’ household good friend Jennifer Leperd mentioned in an outline for the web page, which has raised $18,000 for her funeral.
Amongst those that donated to the web page had been girls who beforehand employed Anna as a babysitter.
‘I can’t thank this woman sufficient for loving and caring for my child boy like he was her personal on the daycare.
‘Virtually each single afternoon after I got here to choose him up he could be sitting in her lap holding her with the largest smiles on each of their faces.
‘That they had a lot love for one another,’ one mentioned.
Sigman is predicted to make his first courtroom look this afternoon.
He’s at the moment being held within the Carroll County jail on seven fees; homicide, three counts of aggravated assault and three counts of possession of a firearm within the fee of against the law.
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