Timothy Jones was an 18-year-old senior at Bartlett High School who died after being shot in the abdomen on December 27, 2016, in the 1600 block of Maple Lane in Elgin, Illinois. He was taken to Presence Saint Joseph Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Timothy loved football and basketball and was survived by his parents, Gretchen Boren and Island Jones.

The shooting occurred during an ongoing dispute with a 17-year-old neighbor, Anton Cross of the 300 block of Washington Street. Timothy was on electronic home monitoring and was taking out the garbage when the encounter occurred; his father Island Jones witnessed the incident from the family apartment window. Cross was charged as an adult, ultimately tried, and found guilty of second-degree murder. The court concluded Timothy was unarmed and that Cross’s belief in the need for deadly force was unreasonable, sentencing Cross to nine years in prison and ordering restitution.

Timothy’s funeral was held January 3, 2017, at Philadelphia Holiness Full Gospel Baptist Church in Elgin, and he was buried at Bluff City Cemetery. Does anyone have memories of Timothy or information about the neighborhood dispute that could shed light on what led to that night?