‘Senseless and incomprehensible’: College professor sentenced for drunkenly shooting new student who was just sitting in parked car

Anna Jones, Richard Sigman

Anna Jones in a photo shared with the media by a friend (@MadelineTV/CBS 46), Richard Sigman (Carroll County Jail)

A fired college professor pleaded guilty and was sentenced on Monday for fatally shooting a student sitting in a parked vehicle. Prosecutors in Carroll County, Georgia, said that the defendant, Richard Sigman, 49, had no prior connection to the victim, Anna Lynn Jones, 18. They said the crime happened “randomly and inexplicably.”

Sigman, who was fired from the University of West Georgia because of the incident, pleaded guilty to malice murder, three counts of aggravated assault, and three counts of possession of a firearm during commission of a felony.

He was ordered to serve a life sentence plus 55 years and will be eligible for parole after 30 years behind bars. Prosecutors note that means that Sigman, who was 47 at the time of the murder, will be 77 before he has a chance at freedom.

According to authorities, Sigman on July 30, 2022, became extremely drunk and got into an argument with a man at Leopoldo’s Pizza Napoletana, a bar and restaurant. He threatened to shoot this person, so security, seeing the defendant armed, kicked him out, they said.

A lawsuit from Jones’ mother characterized Sigman as “a belligerent drunk who liked to pick fights with others.”

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