Mike Anthony Jones Jr. testified in his own defense on Feb. 19, saying he was very close to the victim – his grandfather, William Pray – but was forced to fatally shoot the man in self defense.
Jones, charged with second-degree murder with a firearm, told the court he and his grandfather went fishing, cooked and shot guns together. He said they had “a good relationship.”
Pray was a convicted felon and thus could not posses, own or be around firearms. The victim’s wife – Jones’ grandmother, Selia Pray – testified for the defense on Feb. 18 and said she purchased guns for her husband…