On the evening of February 10, 2022, 19-year-old Keon Jones was shot while walking toward his residence in Germantown, Maryland. Around 9:06 p.m., a vehicle approached near Cinnamon Drive and Mustard Seed Court and an occupant opened fire, striking Jones. He was found critically wounded, taken to a nearby hospital, and died of his injuries on February 11, 2022.

The Montgomery County Police Department’s Major Crimes Division investigated the drive-by shooting and identified 19-year-old Kyler Mcroy of Gaithersburg as a suspect. The Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office later indicted Mcroy on first-degree murder; he was also tied to other area shootings. Court records show Mcroy pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in Jones’s death and to related charges in a separate shooting, and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment.

Anyone with information about Keon Jones, the shooting that killed him, or related incidents is asked to come forward.