Grief Stricken Family Mourns Young Minister Killed After Carjacking

A week after he was gunned down in a carjacking, family and friends lay Desmond Jones to rest.

Desmond Jones was returning from a fast-food restaurant around 1:30 a.m. to his home at the Shadow Ridge Apartments, 12203 Old Walters, when two suspects allegedly shot him and stole his 2012 silver Chrysler 300, a four-door sedan with chrome rims and Texas license plate number DS1L815, authorities said.

Jones, a musician and a father of two girls, was taken by LifeFlight to Memorial Hermann Hospital, where he died.

A group of about 50 friends and community members gathered outside the apartment complex where the shooting occurred Saturday afternoon to hold a prayer vigil for Jones, described as a hard-working family man.

“Desmond Jones was not in trouble and was not a trouble maker,” Bishop James Dixon, chairman of the Harris County Council for A Safer County, said during a news conference before the prayer.