St. Louis County police said a Pine Lawn police officer pulled Jones over for a “wanted person alert” on the license plate. Jones sped off, led another Pine Lawn officer in a car chase, crashed and fled on foot. When the officer caught up to him, there was a struggle and the officer fired his weapon, killing Jones. It was the last officer-involved shooting in greater St. Louis before Brown's death on Aug. 9. The scarcity of information provided to the public, including Jones' family,is a vestige from a time when area police shootings were followed by initial statements by police that lethal force had been justified, and investigations that went on for months in secrecy. “What am I supposed to do, just bury him, and that's it?” said the mother, Christa Jones. “No explanation? Like he didn't matter? What am I supposed to do, forget I ever had a son?”