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73 Year Old Dies Three Weeks After Being Shot
posted (July 30, 2014)

And there is another homicide to report tonight it is the result of a shooting which happened three weeks ago. The night of July 10 is when 73 year-old man, Godfrey Jones was shot in his home on Lizarraga Avenue. Well, he passed away at the KHMH on Monday, an unexpected turn for his family almost a month after he was shot.

He was shot at 9:00 in the night while socializing with 40 year-old Christopher Mayen in front of his house when 2 men entered the yard and fired several gunshots at them. Jones was hit in the knees, while Mayen suffered an injury to his right leg.

They were both rushed to the KHMH in a stable condition, and initially, their wounds weren't considered life-threatening. That is until Jones wound got infected, and it claimed his life on Monday.

No one has been arrested.

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