Lamar Washington, a 30-year-old Black male from Wilmington, Delaware, was shot on September 13, 2022, in the Price Run area of Wilmington. The shooting happened in daylight, around 3:39 p.m., in the 2300 block of North Pine Street. When Wilmington police arrived, they found Washington suffering from gunshot wounds. He was still alive when first responders reached him, and he was taken to a hospital, but he died from his injuries.
In the hours after the shooting, the case began as a
homicide investigation with few public details about what led up to the gunfire. Police identified Washington the next day, and the public information released at the time focused on the location, the time of the shooting, and the request for tips from anyone who knew what had happened. The killing left behind the outline of a sudden afternoon attack on a Wilmington street, with investigators trying to piece together who was responsible and why Washington had been targeted.
Later that month, investigators announced an arrest. Quinton Jones, 30, was arrested on Thursday, September 29, 2022, in connection with Washington’s killing. He was charged with first-degree murder, and authorities also filed two gun-related charges against him. At the time of the report, Jones was being held on $300,000 cash bail on the murder charge as well as the weapons charges.
The available public reporting identifies Jones as the suspect arrested and charged in the case, but it does not provide a detailed account of the alleged motive, the relationship between Jones and Washington, or the evidence police said connected Jones to the shooting. The online sources reviewed also did not show a clearly reported trial outcome, conviction, plea, acquittal, or sentencing result for Jones in Washington’s death.
