Published 18:25 IST, March 27th 2020

What happened to Jon Jones? UFC lightweight champion arrested in New Mexico

Jon Jones arrested: What happened to Jon Jones? UFC fans want to know whether Jon Jones has been arrested for shooting those gunshots or not.

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UFC lightweight champion Jon Jones has been arrested under criminal charges of DWI (Drinking While Intoxicated), possession of liquor container and illegal use of a firearm in New Mexico on Thursday morning amidst all medical intolerance going all around. According to official reports, residents lodged a complaint to local police station after hearing gunshots. Albuquerque Police immediately responded to area of 3rd street, Central Avenue at 1:00 AM and discovered Jon Jones inside a vehicle with engine on.

police also located a black handgun beneath driver’s seat and tified that UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was highly intoxicated at that moment. After testing Jon Jones, officials revealed that Jones was intoxicated twice above legal limit. However, UFC fans still want to kw wher Jon Jones has actually fired those gunshots or t.

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Jon Jones arrested: What happened to Jon Jones? Is he arrested for shooting?

As per officials, black handgun is going to be tested to find wher it has been used for any criminal activity or t. However, Jon Jones has denied using it and claimed to kw thing about gunshots. Meanwhile, entire MMA community wants to kw what happened to Jon Jones.

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Jon Jones' team is yet to respond on issue while UFC has stated that y are trying to reach out to Jones for additional information. Meanwhile, Albuquerque Police has already given ir statement that says, “As part of investigation into this incident, our Gun Violence Reduction Unit will test firearm and bullet casing to determine wher gun has been used in any crimes, reducing gun violence in Albuquerque is our top priority”.

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18:25 IST, March 27th 2020