Murder-suicide in Laurel adds to violent day in P.G.

A woman was shot to death in front of her 10-year-old son on Wednesday morning in Laurel, the first homicide in the city in two years, according to police officials. Brandice Jones, 26, was shot six times outside of her apartment at the corner of Buckingham Drive and Shiloh Court in Laurel. Jones appeared to be exiting her car when a man shot her six times, once in the head, in front of her young boy, according to Laurel police spokesman Jim Collins.

Jones’ son was found safe at the scene, he said. About 10 minutes later, police found the gunman dead in a vehicle about a quarter mile away. The man had driven behind a retirement home on the 9100 block of Cherry Lane and shot himself, Collins said.