Baltimore County father arrested for Christmas Eve murder of 4-year-old, shooting 2 others

BALTIMORE -- A 30-year-old father has been charged with the murder of his 4-year-old son and the shooting of two others on Christmas Eve in Baltimore County, according to police.  

Mark Jones was arrested Sunday and is in custody at the Baltimore County Detention Center. 

On December 24, officers responded around 6:35 a.m. to Breslin Court in Rosedale for a domestic-related shooting. Officers found a woman and two minors with gunshot wounds and took them to the hospital where one of the children, identified as Jacobi Jones, died.

The suspect was also taken to the hospital with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to police.

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