Police release photo of possible suspect in fatal shooting of Eric Jones earlier this month in Little Village

By SAM CHARLES
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

A surveillance photo of a person wanted in the Nov. 1 Little Village murder. | Chicago Police

A surveillance photo of a person wanted in the Nov. 1 Little Village murder. | Chicago Police

Chicago Police have released a surveillance photo of the person suspected in the fatal shooting Eric T. Jones in Little Village earlier this month, and are asking the public for help in identifying them.

Police did not specify what role the person played in the shooting, but said he drove off in a late model red or maroon GMC Terrain SUV.

The shooting happened about 8:35 a.m. Nov. 1 in the 4100 block of West 31st Street, according to police.

Jones, 23, was walking down the street when a man with a weapon fired shots in his direction, then took off in the SUV, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Jones, of the 0-100 block of Hickory Trace Drive in southwest suburban Justice, was shot in the chest. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:33 a.m., authorities said.

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