(L.A.) Aundre Jones, 37, Died From Gunshots
Case Number: 2024-18579
Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 37-year-old Black male that occurred in a hospital.
The coroner’s office has identified the man as Aundre Jones.
Height: 5 feet 7 inches / Weight: 185 pounds
Manner of Death: Homicide
Cause of Death: Multiple Gunshot Wounds
RIP AUNDRE JONES (January 9, 1987 – November 27, 2024)
Formal pronouncement of death was made on Wednesday at 11:48 a.m.
The decedent was a Crip gang member with a long rap sheet. He was driving a Maserati on Tuesday when LAPD attempted a traffic stop. He evaded them and led them to an apartment building where he exited the vehicle. At some point, he pulled out two guns and there was an exchange of gunfire with the police. He died at the hospital the next day.
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The shooting happened Tuesday afternoon in the 3000 block of West Boulevard.
According to police, the violent series of events started at around 12:17 p.m. when police were called about a domestic violence suspect in a white Maserati who was apparently following the driver of a city DASH bus in the San Pedro area.
The bus driver and Jones previously dated and had a child together.
Responding officers spotted Jones’ vehicle and attempted a traffic stop, but he sped away, beginning a chase that headed north on the 110 Freeway.
They pursued him along the freeway and into the West Adams area and eventually into a residential neighborhood near West and Jefferson boulevards.
The suspect pulled into a driveway, parked behind an apartment building and walked toward the street, where police were approaching.
“The suspect in the driveway pulled out two guns – one in each hand – and opened fire on the officers,” LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell told reporters Tuesday. “Officers returned fire, striking the suspect.”
LAPD says Jones and officers fired multiple rounds at each other.
Jones was treated at the scene and taken to a hospital, where he died Wednesday.
Two 9mm semi-automatic handguns were recovered next to Jones at the scene, police said.
The suspect’s mother, who police said approached Jones during the shooting, was struck by gunfire on the arm and brought to a local hospital. She was treated for her injury and is expected to make a full recovery.
Several other family members also witnessed the violence.
“His sister saw this. She was covered in blood, splattered in her face,” neighbor Shannon Kimbell said.