Crime & Safety
Robert Jones' Family Demands Answers After Philadelphia Detective Shoots, Kills Him
Sweeney fired multiple rounds from his personal firearm, with at least one of the shots hitting Jones. It is unclear if Jones had a weapon.
November 19, 2024
It's been just over a month since Robert Jones' family received a call that he had been shot and killed by Philadelphia Homicide Detective Christopher Sweeney.
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Now, family and friends are still waiting for answers as to why Sweeney shot Jones.
"You have two choices that are going to eat you up. You can think about how he was killed or you can think about how he was lived," said Michael Jones, Robert Jones' brother. "Right now, my job is to think about how he was murdered because I got to fight this until we get justice."
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