10-Year-Old Shot and Killed

By Margaret Lyons in News on Oct 18, 2007 7:00PM

In a completely heartbreaking story, 10-year-old Arthur Jones was shot and killed yesterday afternoon in Englewood. Jones, a fifth-grader at Oliver Holmes Elementary School who just had his class picture taken, was walking with his friends at around 4:30 on Garfield and Halsted when they heard gunshots. Jones started running towards his house, but he was shot in the neck. He died shortly thereafter at the hospital.

According to ABC7

Investigators are saying that they are continuing to talk to a number of people, that there are no persons of interest, no one is in custody and no arrests have been made. They are hoping to get some kind of clue from someone who will call and give them a tip or from that surveillance video, but they haven't said if those cameras have yielded anything worthwhile.

Jones's mother described him as a loving kid who wanted to be a pastor, and she begged anyone with information to come forward.

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