Akbar Rana, convenience store clerk, shot Frederick Jones Jr. in the back as he ran away, prosecutors say (updated)

UPDATE: A KMBC report says Akbar Rana, the gas-station clerk charged with shooting and killing Frederick C. Jones Jr., has fled the country. Crime Scene KC confirmed the story with Jones’ mother.

Frederick C. Jones Jr.‘s parents told reporters yesterday that their son suffered from schizophrenia and self-medicated with alcohol but the 21-year-old was harmless and his shooting death was senseless.

“He killed my baby for no reason,” Jones’ mother, Vanessa Boykin, said (via Crime Scene KC). “They knew him by name, and they knew he had a problem.”