Brian Wayne Jones, 34, was killed in Norfolk, Virginia, during a late spring evening shooting spree that began when a suspect opened fire from a moving vehicle on Chesapeake Boulevard, killing a 17-year-old boy. Jones, a five-year veteran of the Norfolk Police Department and a U.S. Navy veteran, located the suspect’s vehicle parked outside a Wellington Road residence and, together with an off-duty officer who had responded, approached the house.
While they were assessing the scene, the suspect fired from inside the home with a high-powered rifle. Officer Jones was struck, critically wounded, and taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, where he died on May 30, 2014. The suspect, identified as 29-year-old James Andrew Brown, fled, crashed, and after a struggle with a pursuing officer was shot and killed by that officer.
The Commonwealth’s Attorney later found the officer’s use of deadly force lawful and in self-defense, and no charges were filed. Does anyone have memories or information about that night or the locations involved that could add detail to the timeline?