On the morning of December 18, 2023, 36-year-old Taron Jones was shot on the 600 block of Bradley Avenue in Cambridge, Maryland. Police and Dorchester County EMS responded shortly before 8 a.m.; Jones was found with at least one gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Maryland State Police Homicide Unit took over the investigation with assistance from the Cambridge Police Department, and prosecutors in the Dorchester County State’s Attorney’s Office have been consulted. Authorities say a person of interest has been identified and that there is no ongoing threat to the public, but no arrest has been announced and the person of interest’s name has not been released.

Few details about the circumstances are available publicly. If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about Taron Jones’s last known movements on Bradley Avenue that morning, contact investigators.