Third shooting suspect turns himself in to Phila. Police

Police say they have nowPolice say they have nowarrested all suspects inPolice say they have nowarrested all suspects inLeroy shooting last month Christopher Jones turned himself in to Philadelphia Police last Thursday night, a week after a judge issued a warrant for his arrest on the suspicion he was involved in the shooting of one Penn student and the robbery of another. Jones, a West Philadelphia resident, is accused of assisting suspects Christopher Crawford and Albert Bandy in the shooting of College senior Patrick Leroy on September 25. He is also suspected of participating in the armed robbery of another University student the same night. The District Attorney's office charged Jones last week with attempted murder, aggravated assault and robbery in connection with Leroy's shooting, Assistant District Attorney Jodi Lobel said. Police continue to investigate the three suspects for other robberies in Philadelphia that resemble those with which they are charged, according to Chief of Police Operations Maureen Rush. Lobel said Jones was in the getaway car Crawford and Bandy used to flee the scene after the shooting. She added that her office has not yet determined who actually drove the vehicle. She also said the District Attorney's office believes Crawford shot Leroy and that Bandy encouraged the act. The three suspects have given investigators similar accounts of what happened the night of Leroy's shooting, Lobel said. Jones was also charged with three other counts for allegedly robbing a student and a bar at gunpoint at 52nd and Girard streets, Lobel said. Police arrested Crawford and Bandy for those incidents on October 7, though Bandy was already in police custody after the Leroy shooting. The two face the same charges Jones does in connection with the robbery at 52nd Street. Jones has not met his $80,000 bail and remains in custody. Both Crawford and West Philadelphia resident Bandy are still in jail on $150,000 bail. A bail commissioner sets a suspect's bail level after considering the type and number of the charges, his propensity for violence and whether he lives out of state. Suspects in the same case may go before different bail commissioners, leading to seemingly disproportionate bail levels. In most cases, the suspect must submit 10 percent of the total bail in cash and provide collateral for the rest of the amount in order to be released from custody. The suspect loses the bail and collateral if he fails to appear for court hearings. Crawford, a Wilmington, Del. resident, posted enough of his initial $25,000 bail on September 27 to be released before police arrested him again on suspicion of other robberies. The District Attorney's office plans to prosecute the three shooting suspects in a single trial, Lobel said. At a preliminary hearing Monday, a judge will decide if there is enough evidence against Jones to warrant a trial. In separate hearings, Philadelphia judges have already ruled that Crawford and Bandy will go to trial for the shooting. Rush noted that with Jones' arrest, police have now arrested all of the suspects they believe participated in Leroy's shooting, just three weeks after the incident.