On a Tuesday afternoon, March 28, 2017, the life of 31-year-old Antwan Jones of Arlington, VA, was cut short in a burst of violence. At approximately 3:45 p.m., officers from the Seventh District of the Metropolitan Police Department were called to the 2100 block of Alabama Avenue, Southeast, for a report of a shooting. While on their way, they discovered a car crash at the intersection of Stanton Road and Alabama Avenue, Southeast.
Inside one of the vehicles involved in the accident,
they found Mr. Jones and another adult male, both suffering from gunshot wounds. Emergency services rushed both men to a local hospital. Despite the efforts of medical personnel, Antwan Jones succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead. The second victim survived with non-life-threatening injuries.
The investigation into the homicide continued for over two years. Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department's Homicide Branch worked the case, seeking assistance from the public to gather information about the shooting that led to Jones's death.
A breakthrough in the case came on Thursday, October 10, 2019. Members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force located and arrested 38-year-old Isaiah Holland of Southeast, DC. Holland was subsequently charged with First Degree Murder while Armed in connection with the death of Antwan Jones.
