Killa City: KCMO homicide No. 86, Ian Jones dies after being shot at 19th and Paseo

Update (5:13 p.m. September 16): Detectives say an accident may have preceded Ian Jones’ shooting. Jones pulled his black BMW in front of a dark colored Pontiac Grand Am near 19th and Paseo after leaving 18th and Vine.

Witnesses told police that they heard a gunshot after the near accident. Jones also told police that he nearly hit a car while turning south on the Paseo.

When police found Jones, his BMW was facing the wrong way in the northbound lanes of Paseo and 20th.

The dark colored Grand Am fled the scene, heading south on 71 Highway.

Police ask anyone who was in the area on Saturday around 11:30 p.m. to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.

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Kansas City police found 22-year-old Ian Jones suffering from a gunshot wound inside a vehicle near 19th and Paseo Saturday around 11:30 p.m.

Police say they found Jones’ body during a canvas of the area. Jones died days later. 

Jones’ Facebook and MySpace pages have many, many tributes.

On his MySpace page, Jones’ featured quote is “Gods mercy is what I need.” He adds, “The Way I am, I dont want to be all the time BUT!! thats Why They Call LIFE, LIFE cuzzz sometimes you just dont understand some things; thats why I look to GOD for understanding and guidance” ‘THANK YOU GOD'”

Jones writes that he’d like to meet “Jesus and listen to the devine words he so choices to speak with.”

Jones lists as his interests: “I like reading the Bible. I like preching. I like hanging out with freinds that I have a positive affect on and just as well as the oposite. I love going to church I like going to movies. I like looking into the sky only to relize the glorious inventions God has created. Oh I like shopping also. And just all around I like to keep HOLY SANCTIFIED and COPASTETICK.”