- Brianna Smith has been charged with first-degree murder, is held without bail
- She allegedly paid a hitman, who remains at large, to kill Reginald Jones in 2014
- Jones was shot dead in Chicago’s South Side on December 31 of that year
- He refused to drop charges against her boyfriend, who first stole rims off his tires and later shot him multiple times
An Illinois woman is being held without bond for allegedly paying a hitman $4,000 to kill a tow truck driver who her boyfriend had previously tried to kill, court records indicate.
Brianna Smith, 26, has been charged with first-degree murder for helping to plot the murder of 33-year-old father-of-three Reginald Jones, who was gunned down in December 2014, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
In July 2013, Smith’s boyfriend stole the rims off of the tires on Jones’s car.
Brianna Smith, 26, was charged with first-degree murder and is held without bond for her alleged role in the death of Reginald Jones
Jones, 33, was shot dead by a man who prosecutors say was hired by Smith and her boyfriend
The two quarreled multiple times afterwards; during one fight, Smith’s boyfriend shot at Jones multiple times.
The boyfriend was jailed for attempted murder and, Smith’s prosecutors say, proceeded to pressure Jones into dropping his case by offering cash. Jones did not bow to said pressure.
Her prosecutors say that she and Smith then began to plan the demise of Jones.
Prosecutors cite evidence such as phone calls between Smith and her jailed boyfriend in which they discussed Jones; these calls were recorded.
Pictured is a general view of the tire shop in Chicago’s South Side at which Jones was shot dead
Jones was killed on New Year’s Eve in 2014 by a ski-mask wearing gunman at a tire shop in Chicago’s South Side.
Prosecutors say the gunman, who remains at large, was later paid $4,000 by Smith.
Smith’s boyfriend has not been charged in connection with planning Jones’s murder.