Bond denied for ex-professor accused of killing incoming freshman
A former professor at the University of West Georgia has been charged with killing an incoming college student over the weekend.
Richard Sigman, who has since been fired from his teaching job, is accused of murdering 18-year-old Anna Jones, who planned to start at the University of West Georgia this fall. She was shot Saturday around 12:30 a.m. off Adamson Square in the courthouse parking deck, according to a press release from the Carrolton Police Department.
Richard Sigman, who has since been fired from his teaching job, is accused of murdering 18-year-old Anna Jones, who planned to start the University of West Georgia this fall.
The deadly gunfire was preceded by an altercation between Sigman and another man at Leopoldo’s, a popular pizzeria in the area. Police said security asked Sigman to leave the restaurant after another patron claimed the ex-educator threatened to shoot him.
“Sigman then left walking toward the parking deck,” according to the press release. “The investigation then indicates Sigman walked into the parking deck and began shooting into a parked vehicle.”
The gunfire stuck Jones, who was immediately transported to the hospital by her friends. She was pronounced dead a short time later.
Anna Jones had planned to start the University of West Georgia this fall.
Sigman has since been charged with “murder, aggravated assault x 3, and possession of a firearm during the commission of crime” in connection with the slaying.
On Monday, a judge ordered that he be denied bond.
