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The Arizona Department of Corrections has confirmed to ABC15 that former Northern Arizona University student Steven Jones, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter and three counts of aggravated assault in a deadly shooting in Flagstaff, is out of prison and on parole. Jones was serving a six-year sentence for killing year-old Colin Brough and seriously injuring three other students.

Jones said he feared for his life and acted in self-defense after getting punched while walking near campus. But prosecutors say he returned to his car parked on campus, grabbed a gun and deliberately shot the students. Brough died from his injuries. Jones was initially tried for first-degree murder, which would have meant a minimum 25 years in prison if he were found guilty.

A second trial was scheduled to begin in with Jones facing a reduced charge of second-degree murder. But he accepted a plea agreement to lesser charges before that trial began. Jones received credit for time served in jail awaiting trial. So his six-year sentence ended up being about four and a half years served in the Department of Corrections.

The department said he was released this week.

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