Juble Hairston was shot and killed at his girlfriend’s apartment by her ex-boyfriend, police said Wednesday.
Xavier R. Jones, 23, of the 1300 block of Chase Street, is charged with murder and residential entry in the death of Hairston, 36, before dawn on April 4, according to court documents.
When police first spoke to Hairston’s girlfriend, she told them she would recognize the assailant but provided no name. She told Sgt. Dan Callahan she and Hairston were in her bedroom at her Woodlake Village apartment when she heard loud noises at the door and confronted a man who had kicked in the door, the probable cause affidavit states.
Hairston’s girlfriend, who is 23, saw the man had a gun and she pushed him, and he pushed her back, the affidavit states. She ran to her mother’s home nearby. When Cpl. Jeff Hornyak arrived at the apartment, Hairston was dead on the floor. His girlfriend told police she would recognize the man, but at first did not provide detectives with the name of suspect she encountered, documents said.
After obtaining additional information from other sources, Callahan questioned Hairston’s girlfriend again about a week after the homicide and she identified the assailant as Jones, the affidavit states. She chose his photograph in a lineup and told Callahan she and Jones “she had previously dated,” the court record states. She told Callahan she was in shock when the shooting occurred. Her mother said she knew Jones and “considered him a family friend,” the affidavit states. She also said her daughter said that night that Jones killed Hairston.
“She indicated the delay in communicating the identification information was because she was in fear for her daughter’s life,” the affidavit states.
Jones is not in custody. When he is arrested, he will be held without bail, court records show.
