February 14, 2025
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas State Police (ASP) arrested Shawn “Sco” Jones, 20, in connection to a December 2024 shooting that resulted in the death of one teenager and left two others injured. Jones was wanted by the U.S. Marshals Eastern Arkansas Fugitive Task Force for Capital Murder.
Jones turned himself in to ASP Thursday night, February 13, 2025, and was taken into custody. He was transported to the Pulaski County Detention Center, where he was booked on one count of Capital Murder, five counts of Attempted Capital Murder, five counts of committing a Terrorist Act, and one count of Unlawful Discharge of a Firearm from a Vehicle.
The fatal shooting took place overnight on Saturday, December 28, 2024.
Around 3:45 a.m., ASP responded to Arkansas Children’s Hospital, where a 20-year-old Little Rock man had transported three teenagers who had been shot while traveling in the vehicle he was driving westbound on Interstate 40 near Protho Junction.
A 17-year-old boy from Little Rock, who sustained multiple gunshot wounds, died from his injuries. An 18-year-old and another 17-year-old were also shot, while two other passengers, aged 16 and 18, were not injured.
The investigation into the shooting is ongoing.