THE horror reason a man reportedly shot his ex-girlfriend fifteen times as she was going to work has been revealed.
Carlos Lemont Jones, 23, was arrested for the brutal murder of his former partner 23-year-old Sha'Dayla Johnson in Melbourne, Florida.
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Police said the man confessed to shooting his Johnson in the back after she refused to answer his calls and texts following their breakup.
Investigators said Jones woke up upset on Tuesday after realizing she had not responded to him and decided to confront her while she was on her way to work, WFTV reports.
Court documents show he drove to Johnson’s Colbert Circle home and shot her before getting rid of her clothes and throwing his weapon down a storm drain.
The woman's father later told police he looked out of the window after he heard a series of gunshots and spotted Jones behind Johnson's car.
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He said he found his daughter lying facedown on the ground in a pool of her own blood.
Police said: “Sha’Dayla appeared to have multiple gunshot wounds concentrated in the back side of her body, suggesting she was shot as she was walking or running away from the perpetrator.
Even though she was rushed to Holmes Regional Medical Center, she could not be saved, according to CB12.
Jones later turned himself in at the Palm Bay Police Department, following his mother's advice.
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He reportedly showed no remorse and told cops if he had to do it all over again, he’d kill Johnson’s father, too.
Police said Johnson and Jones were in a relationship for five months and had lived together until their break up two weeks before the shooting.
Jones was arrested and charged with first-degree premeditated murder with a firearm and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
He is being held without bond at Brevard County.
His initial court appearance was on Wednesday and is scheduled for an arraignment on January 19, 2023.
