On May 30, 2009, Christopher David Jones was riding his bike home from the neighborhood pool when he was surrounded by a group of six teenagers. Javel George and Trey Robinson punched Christopher, damaging an artery in the 14-year-old’s neck. Christopher tried to ride away from the confrontation, but lost consciousness after a few seconds and fell to the ground.
According to a nearby witness, “I knelt down. I started telling him to hang on, help is on the way. I grabbed his hand to hold it.” But Christopher was pronounced dead at the hospital. Javel and Trey were each released from juvenile detention within two years of the killing.
