Basketball Player Jarvis Crittenton Has Been Apprehended On Murder Charges

August 30. 2011

Jarvis Crittenton

Former Los Angeles Lakers basketball player, Jarvis Crittenton, was arrested at an airport in California, on murder charges, in connection with the shooting death of 23-year-old mother of four, Jullian Jones. Crittenton stated today he is not guilty of the charges. 

Crittenton is accused in legal documents of shooting Jones in error on an Atlanta street, out of revenge for a robbery in April, where hundreds of thousand of dollars in jewelry was stolen from him. According to the Atlanta Journal and Constitution newspaper, Jones was walking with two men and it is believed one of them was the intended target. 

Jarvis Crittenton mug shot

Jones died during surgery, after being shot in the leg. That's the danger of shooting someone in the leg to teach them a lesson, as piercing the femoral artery can result in a hemorrhagic episode and rapid death, which is just as dangerous as a bullet to the head. The temptation is there to resort to revenge when one is wronged, but it is not the answer, as many incidents on legal dockets have so painfully revealed. 

If he is found to have been responsible for this shooting, it is regrettable 23-year-old Crittenton did not completely turn the case over to the police, rather than taking matters into his own hands. Previously, Crittenton, who was a multi-million dollar NBA star, got into a confrontation in a locker room with Washington Wizards teammate, Gilbert Arenas and pistols were drawn.