Two Men Get Multi-Decade Sentences for Fatal Downtown Shooting in 2021
September 20, 2024

ST. LOUIS, MO (September 20, 2024) — Mark Perry, 38, and Jonathon Jones, 19 were sentenced Friday for the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Brandon Scott on September 6, 2021, following a traffic dispute in downtown St. Louis.  Last July, a jury found both men guilty of second-degree murder and armed criminal action.


Perry received a sentence of 25 years on the murder charge, plus 10 years to be served consecutively for armed criminal action. Perry also has a pending charge for felon in possession of a firearm.


Jones was sentenced to 15 years on the murder charge, plus seven years and six months to be served consecutively for armed criminal action. Jones has another pending murder charge in the shooting death of 19-year-old JaDun Byrd on March 2, 2022, in The Ville neighborhood following Jones’ escape from the City’s Juvenile Detention Center in November of 2021. In that case, Jones has been charged with first-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action. He was certified to stand trial as an adult.


Scott was shot multiple times while seated inside his Dodge Charger at a red light at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Second Street. Video surveillance of the shooting showed a white Chevrolet Suburban, driven by a woman associated with Perry and Jones, pulled up next to Scott’s vehicle shortly before two arms extended from the Suburban and fired what ballistic testing later confirmed were 14 shots from two different 9 mm firearms. After being shot multiple times, Scott’s vehicle accelerated forward and crashed on a flight of stairs on the Arch grounds.



The case was prosecuted by Special Assistant Circuit Attorney Terrence O’Toole, Jr., a partner at the law firm of Dowd Bennett LLP, and Assistant Circuit Attorney Andrew Russek.


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For Immediate Release

For more information contact:

Amber Raub

Public Information Officer

St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office

rauba@stlouiscao.org

314-589-6233 (office)

314-312-9912 (cell)

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