Jones' trial began on April 5, 2017 at the Cocinino County Superior Courthouse in Flagstaff, Arizona.[6] Thirty-eight witnessess, all three surviving victims, and Jones himself testified.[7] The jury began deliberation on April 25, though they were unable to reach a verdict,[8] and a mistrial was declared on May 2.[9]

A retrial was originally scheduled for August 1, but five delays postponed it until February 2020.[10] In December 2017, prosecutors agreed to reduce the charge to second-degree murder, in part to avoid double jeopardy.[11] Jones pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter and three counts of aggravated assault in January 2020, one month before the retrial was scheduled to begin. On February 11, he was sentenced to six years in prison.

Nicholas Acevedo, one of the 38 witnesses in the original trial, committed suicide on March 4, 2018,[12] prior to the retrial's scheduled date.[13] His parents, Steve and Karen Acevedo, believed he struggled with mental illness and that the trial had contributed to his suicide.[14]

On June 30, 2017, a civil lawsuit for negligence was filed against Jones and his parents by Piring, Prato, and Brough's parents, Douglas and Claudia Brough.[15] The case was dismissed in January 2018, after the parties reached a confidential settlement.[16]