Police killings
2013-2020

Christopher Todd Jones

Male, White

Date of the incident: 4/30/2013

Jacksonville, Duval, FL
10960 Beach Blvd

Christopher Todd Jones was killed in an incident that police described as a "suicide by cop." It began with a domestic dispute between Jones and his stepfather, Elbert Lilley, who wanted Jones to move out of the home where he had lived with his mother who died of cancer. The home was owned by Lilley, who arrived one evening to an apparent ambush by Jones with a homemade spear that punctured his chest, police said. Lilley was able to escape to a neighbor's house to call 911. He told the first arriving officer that Jones said he was armed with a .45-caliber pistol. After a two-hour standoff, Jones came out charging the officers while carrying what turned out to be a pellet gun. Officers fired at Jones with rifles. Jones kept going before falling to the ground amid more gunfire. Sgt. Joel Weeks and Officers Robert Holmes and Angel Santiago fired 21 shots, hitting Jones at least 11 times.