Overview
- Park Forest police announced the 34-year-old’s death on Thursday and said public funeral arrangements are still being finalized.
- Jones was shot in March 2016 while responding to a break-in at a vacant home, and the armed suspect, identified as 21-year-old Thurman Reynolds, was killed when police returned fire.
- He survived traumatic head and neck wounds and a brain injury, underwent numerous surgeries, and left a rehab hospital to a standing ovation in May 2017.
- The department awarded him an honorary detective promotion in 2021 and kept tributes in place, including a street sign and badge-number dedications.
- A family friend said the family learned his organ donations are expected to help as many as 75 people, as police thanked supporters and requested privacy for loved ones.