Multi-time boxing champion and Pensacola native Roy Jones Jr. announced the death of his son Monday.
In a Facebook post, Jones said his son DeAndre Jones took his own life on Saturday.
“I’m so thankful that God allowed me to come home Friday night to spend the last night of his life with me and the family,” Jones wrote on Facebook. “I know a lot of people are going through tough times right now, but nothing is worth taking your own life.
“God gives it and God should be the one to take it away,” he added.
Jones ended the post by thanking the community for their love and support and asking that people respect the family’s privacy as they process their loss.
Roy Jones Jr. is a Hall of Fame boxer from Pensacola and is a Booker T. Washington graduate.
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