Candace R. Jones, 35, a female, Black/African American resident of Colorado Springs, was shot and killed on the night of November 23, 2018, outside the Ridgeview Place Apartments on Knoll Lane near North Academy Boulevard and North Carefree Circle. Officers were called around 9 p.m. for reports of shots fired; neighbors attempted CPR in the street before she was pronounced dead.
Early accounts from the scene described multiple gunshots separated by a brief pause, and investigators focused on the confrontation that unfolded just before the shooting.
Within days, police identified Jones publicly and announced the arrest of 28-year-old Jamie Crawford, who was described by authorities as Jones’s spouse. Crawford was booked on a charge of first-degree murder after detectives learned the shooting followed an argument between the two outside the apartment complex. Reporting at the time also noted that the shooter left in a dark Chevrolet Impala before the arrest was made.
News coverage and police updates in late November 2018 did not detail a broader suspect search beyond Crawford or name any additional accomplices. Local outlets summarized the case among the year’s homicide investigations, reiterating the circumstances—an after-dark shooting at Ridgeview Place and an arrest in the days that followed—while authorities proceeded with the single-suspect case against Crawford.
