判45年监禁：华盛顿男子Wonell Jones当着8名孩子的面枪杀子女母亲，受害人中弹逾20次
美国哥伦比亚特区联邦检察官办公室10月30日宣布，38岁、住在 Washington, D.C. 的 Wonell Jones, Jr. 当天被判处45年监禁，罪名与2022年7月33岁的 Audora Williams 死亡一案有关。联邦检察官 Jeanine Ferris Pirro 宣布了这一量刑。
Jones 已于2026年7月16日被裁定一项持械一级谋杀、一项在暴力犯罪中持有枪支，以及两项重罪犯非法持有枪支罪名成立。高等法院法官 J. Michael Ryan 判令其服刑45年，其后另加5年监管释放。
检方证据显示，2022年7月19日下午，Jones 与 Williams 的一个年幼儿子买菜回来后，回到 Williams 位于 Knox Place SE 2900段的公寓。监控画面显示 Jones 带着孩子进入大楼与公寓；当时屋内共有8名儿童，包括 Jones 的3个孩子、Williams 的3个孩子，以及两人共同的一名幼儿和一名婴儿。
Jones 当时本不应出现在该住所、也不应与 Williams 接触，Williams 对他持有一份临时保护令，保护令审理原定数日后举行。Jones 关上 Williams 房间的门后与她激烈争吵，指责她不忠，喊声越来越大，随后枪声响起；他又部分走出房门继续开枪，随后逃离公寓，把孩子们留在屋内。Williams 被两支不同的枪射中逾20次，伤重不治。
Jones 于2022年8月29日在佛罗里达州被捕，同年10月26日被引渡回哥伦比亚特区，此后一直被羁押。本案由大都会警察局调查。
45 Years in Prison: Washington Man Wonell Jones Fatally Shot His Children's Mother More Than 20 Times in Front of Eight Children
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia announced on October 30 that Wonell Jones, Jr., 38, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced that day to 45 years in prison on charges related to the July 2022 death of 33-year-old Audora Williams. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro announced the sentence.
Jones was found guilty on July 16, 2026, of one count each of first-degree murder while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. Superior Court Judge J. Michael Ryan ordered the 45-year prison term to be followed by five years of supervised release.
According to the government's evidence, on the afternoon of July 19, 2022, Jones returned to Williams' apartment in the 2900 block of Knox Place, SE, after a grocery run with one of her young sons. Surveillance video shows Jones entering the building and the apartment with the child. Inside were eight children, including three of Jones's children, three of Williams's children, and a toddler and a baby shared by Jones and Williams.
Jones was not supposed to be at the home or in contact with Williams, who held a temporary protective order against him, with a protective-order trial scheduled just days later. After closing the door to Williams's room, Jones argued loudly with her, accusing her of cheating; his screaming grew louder and angrier, and then gunshots rang out. Jones partially stepped out of the room and fired more shots before fleeing the apartment, leaving the children behind. Williams was shot more than 20 times with two different guns and succumbed to her injuries.
Jones was arrested in Florida on August 29, 2022, and extradited to the District of Columbia on October 26, 2022, and has been in custody since. The case was investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department.
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图片来源：图：美国司法部总部大楼（GSM联邦固定图库）。本案当事人无官方照片。 / Image: U.S. Department of Justice headquarters (GSM federal fixed-image library). No official photo of the parties is available.
