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Barbaric.
Savage.
Monstrous.
Those words are frequently applied to terrorists, our enemies.
I think they aptly describe 16-year-old Antonio Jones.
At 3:00 pm on Wednesday, Jones murdered Scott Huggins while he was at the Citgo station at 4302 W. Capitol Drive in Milwaukee.
Jones was robbing Huggins when he shot him to death.
Huggins was an electrician and volunteered as a boxing coach, helping youth and serving the community. He was 44, married, a father of four and grandfather of six.
Besides robbing Huggins of his life, Jones stole a husband, a father, a grandfather, and a model member of society.
Utterly senseless.
This thug walked up to Huggins while he was filling his gas tank, tried to rob him and then killed him.
Barbaric. Monstrous.
On Friday, Jones was charged as an adult.
From The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
A 16-year-old boy was charged as an adult Friday with first-degree intentional homicide in the fatal shooting of a Waukesha boxing coach during a robbery at a busy Milwaukee gas station.
Antonio J. Jones faces a possible sentence of life plus 25 years in prison in the death of Scott Huggins, 44, at a Citgo station at 4302 W. Capitol Drive.
Jones, of the 5100 block of N. 64th St., is charged with committing the killing while armed and with attempted armed robbery, use of force, according to a criminal complaint.
...According to the complaint issued by Assistant Milwaukee County District Attorney Mark Williams and based on the accounts of two boys, ages 16 and 17, who were with Jones at the time of the shooting:
About 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, the boys were in the area of N. 1st and W. Palmer streets when Jones displayed a snub-nosed revolver and suggested that they rob someone.
The trio then boarded a Milwaukee County Transit System bus on their way to Custer High School, 5075 N. Sherman Blvd., and got off the bus at W. Sherman Blvd. and W. Capitol Drive.
The three then walked to the gas station, where Jones crept up on Huggins, who was filling up his SUV with gasoline, the complaint says; Jones pulled out the gun and pointed it at Huggins, who shouted a couple of profanities and appeared to try to grab the gun.
One of the boys told police that he then heard possibly two shots go off.
Huggins stumbled and collapsed at the door of the gas station, the complaint says.
These sociopaths need to be taken off the streets now.
They aren't victims of poverty, or joblessness, or hopelessness.
Jones is a cold-blooded killer.
Where are the parents or guardians of these three young men?
Did they teach them to respect life, work hard, study, and take responsibility to be good individuals and assets to society?
If they didn't, they should have taught their children those lessons.
Parents must instill morals in their children.
Killing, other than in self-defense, is immoral. No excuses.
I have no sympathy for these sixteen and seventeen-year-olds. No one is to blame for Huggins' death but Jones. He pulled the trigger. He shot Huggins once in the abdomen and once in the back.
Jones chose to kill him.
Society hasn't failed Jones. Society can't be blamed.
Jones doesn't get a pass for deciding to gun down a man because there aren't enough jobs in the city. That's an excuse and a lame one.
Jones did not shoot Huggins twice because there needs to be tougher gun laws, as Mayor Barrett would like citizens to believe.
Guns are inanimate objects. Guns don't commit murder.
Jones does.
So is this the last straw?
Will Milwaukee's leaders finally say, "ENOUGH"? Will residents finally say, "We will not tolerate this"?
They've said it all before whenever some horrific crime gets a lot of attention in the media.
We've heard it all before: This is it. This is such a disturbing crime that we are compelled to addresss the problem. After a few days, that's forgotten.
There are no signs that Milwaukee's leaders are going to start seriously addressing this senseless loss of life.
Clearly, Milwaukee needs new leaders. Tom Barrett does NOTHING but wring his hands, muster up some anger, and whine about inadequate gun legislation from Madison.
Police Chief Nan Hegerty is retiring in November, but that doesn't excuse her. For now, she's in charge.
There can be no tolerance whatsoever for Antonio J. Jones.
NO EXCUSES.
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