2 men charged in Cumberland County shooting and crash

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Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Christopher Glenn Jones
Christopher Glenn Jones
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CUMBERLAND COUNTY (WTVD) -- The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office has charged two men in a shooting incident that ended in a chain-reaction crash Monday.

Deputies said it began around 2:30 p.m. when 39-year-old Christopher Glenn Jones went to a home in the 2900 Block of Cumberland Road where he got into an argument with 30-year-old Donivan Joshua Martin and another man.

As he left, deputies said Jones fired a gun at the residents. Martin fired back with a high-powered rifle.

Jones backed out of the driveway in his car, causing a crash with multiple vehicles. Jones was hit by the gunfire along with two other people in the other vehicles. He then got out and ran on foot.

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None of the injuries were life threatening.

Jones is now charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and resist, delay, and obstruct. He is being held at the Cumberland County Detention Center under a $25,000 bond.

Donivan Joshua Martin
Cumberland County Sheriff's Office

Martin was arrested Wednesday morning. He is charged with three counts of discharging a firearm into occupied property, one count of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, one count of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, and property damage. He was being held at the Cumberland County Detention Center under a $101,000 bond.