Aron LaShunn Jones

How they died

Deadly force

Officer Walter Thomas was working off-duty as a security guard when he shot and killed Aron Jones, 32, a gun-wielding felon, outside Libations Bar at East 91st Street and Aetna Road. Thomas, now retired, was on paid sick-leave from his police job at the time he was working the security job. Thomas said he saw Jones shoot a man outside the bar. After Jones refused Thomas'€ order to drop his gun, Thomas shot him three times. Witnesses said Jones had surrendered and was on his knees when he was shot.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Aron LaShunn Jones, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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