COLUMBIA, S.C. — A Hopkins man has been sentenced to 40 years in connection to a shooting in Five Points.
Arthur Jones plead guilty to three counts of attempted murder, sale or delivery of pistol to, and possession by, certain persons unlawful; stolen pistol, and possession of a weapon during violent crime.
In March 2018, Jones shot three people after he was involved in an unknown argument with another male and he allegedly shot multiple times into a large crowd, according to investigators.
One of the men injured in a shooting in Five Points was identified as a criminal justice major and ROTC member at Saint Augustine's University (SAU).