Jones and Son Funeral Home

But on this night of March 21, O’Neil found her son lying in the basement, shot, unable to speak and blood bubbling from his mouth. She had heard gunshots as she was walking up to the house, and struggled to unlock the door. Her other son called an ambulance, and O’Neal said she ran out into the street to call for help, but no one came to her aid. She went back to the basement and attempted to care for her son.“I thought, please god, please don’t let him leave me,” she said.Jones, 40, a father of three and grandfather, was 53rd out of the 81 people killed in Baltimore this year. Ten people were shot the first week of April, and five more, including a 65-year-old woman, were killed this past weekend.But in a city where violence occurs almost daily, O’Neal said she never thought it would occur at her home.“You don’t expect these things to happen.”For 15 minutes, O’Neal said she was frustrated, waiting for help to come. Paramedics arrived before police officers, but they she said they refused to enter to the home to treat her son before officers had cleared it.Western District officers responded at 11:56 p.m., the department said.City fire spokeswoman Blair Skinner said that paramedics wait for officers to secure a crime scene before entering — and that police usually arrive first.“If there’s a shooting we would never go into the house without the permission of the police. It would put our personnel at risk,” she said.O’Neal said once the officers arrived, the medics went inside to care for her son, who has been shot in the head. The medics pronounced him dead, police said.Police have not made any arrests in Jones’ death. Police spokesman Jeremy Silbert said Tuesday that detectives do not have a motive in the shooting.Jones did not appear to have a criminal record, according to online records.Investigators told O’Neal the suspect or suspects appeared to be looking for something in the home, but valuable were not taken from the home, she said.Jones’ mother said he worked a mixture of handyman jobs and occasion... (Baltimore Sun)

But on this night of March 21, O’Neil found her son lying in the basement, shot, unable to speak and blood bubbling from his mouth. She had heard gunshots as she was walking up to the house, and struggled to unlock the door. Her other son called an ambulance, and O’Neal said she ran out into the street to call for help, but no one came to her aid. She went back to the basement and attempted to care for her son.“I thought, please god, please don’t let him leave me,” she said.Jones, 40, a father of three and grandfather, was 53rd out of the 81 people killed in Baltimore this year. Ten people were shot the first week of April, and five more, including a 65-year-old woman, were killed this past weekend.But in a city where violence occurs almost daily, O’Neal said she never thought it would occur at her home.“You don’t expect these things to happen.”For 15 minutes, O’Neal said she was frustrated, waiting for help to come. Paramedics arrived before police officers, but they she said they refused to enter to the home to treat her son before officers had cleared it.Western District officers responded at 11:56 p.m., the department said.City fire spokeswoman Blair Skinner said that paramedics wait for officers to secure a crime scene before entering — and that police usually arrive first.“If there’s a shooting we would never go into the house without the permission of the police. It would put our personnel at risk,” she said.O’Neal said once the officers arrived, the medics went inside to care for her son, who has been shot in the head. The medics pronounced him dead, police said.Police have not made any arrests in Jones’ death. Police spokesman Jeremy Silbert said Tuesday that detectives do not have a motive in the shooting.Jones did not appear to have a criminal record, according to online records.Investigators told O’Neal the suspect or suspects appeared to be looking for something in the home, but valuable were not taken from the home, she said.Jones’ mother said he worked a mixture of handyman jobs and occasion... (Baltimore Sun)