On November 3, 2019, 14-year-old Jamarion Jones was shot and killed at a friend’s home on Southwest 172nd Avenue in Indiantown, Florida. The wound was to his torso; he was taken to Tradition Medical Center but did not survive.

A 17-year-old friend initially told investigators an unknown person fired from the hallway outside the bedroom, then later admitted he accidentally shot Jamarion while handling a gun and that his finger slipped, discharging a single round. The teenager was arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office and the State Attorney’s Office were investigating whether the suspect would be charged as an adult.

The shooting left the Indiantown community shaken. A memorial was placed in the front yard of the house where the incident occurred, and grief counselors were made available at Indiantown Middle School. If anyone has information about what happened that afternoon, please come forward.