A confrontation at a school bus stop in Annapolis ended in deadly violence on March 19, 2025. At about 7:40 a.m. in the 100 block of Clay Street, gunshots rang out while roughly a dozen students waited for the bus. Police found 36-year-old John Simms Jr. with multiple fatal gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. An 11-year-old bystander suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the foot and was taken to a hospital and expected to survive.

Family members said the dispute began the previous day when Simms and his wife confronted a man and his girlfriend about their child allegedly bullying the Simms’ child. According to investigators, the next morning the argument escalated into a physical altercation that involved a fight and the use of mace before a gun was produced.

Authorities identified 31-year-old Roscoe Jerome Jones of Oxon Hill as a suspect and charged him with murder and assault; a warrant was issued and a multi-agency search conducted. Jones was arrested in Washington, D.C. on April 7, 2025, and is now facing charges related to Simms’ death.

Did anyone who was at that bus stop or nearby that morning see what happened or have additional information?