Accused cop killer, Joshua Tremaine Jones, was charged with the murder of a South Carolina Master Cpl. Sandra Rogers, and made his first court appearance on January 30th. Details from The State newspaper:

The man accused of fatally shooting a South Carolina police officer was released from a mental facility last fall after shooting himself in the head, the man’s father told a judge during his son’s first court appearance on Monday.

During that hearing, a magistrate judge ordered that Joshua Tremaine Jones, 26, remain jailed on a murder charge. Jones’ bond was set at $10,000 on a weapons charge, and his next hearing was scheduled for March 9. Under state law, jailed suspects must go before a circuit court judge for bond to be set on murder charges.

Jones has been held at the Aiken County jail since Saturday, when he was arrested at his Batesburg home. Authorities say Jones shot Master Cpl. Sandra Rogers earlier that day when she responded to a report of suspicious activity. The 28-year veteran of the Aiken Department of Public Safety died Saturday at a hospital.

Before shooting Rogers, police say Jones killed his girlfriend, 21-year-old Cayce Vice, in her Augusta, Ga., apartment.