GoFundMe set up to support family of Teone Jones, killed in triple stabbing; mother speaks, updates condition of Jones’ sons

CHICAGO — Amy Green, the mother of Teone Jones and the grandmother of Jones’ two sons, has spoken out after Jones was killed and Jones’ sons were hospitalized in a triple stabbing in Chicago last month.

Jones’ sons, 11 and 8, continue to recover in the hospital. Green says they’ll likely have to stay in the hospital for another month.

The family is also working to finalize funeral arrangements for Jones.

“She couldn’t have been more amazing,” Green told WGN of her daughter. “She was smart, intelligent, she was a great mother. She just couldn’t wait to see her babies grow up and see what smart and intelligent young men they were going to become.

“And they still will, but it’s so sad that they’re going to miss out on her.”

Jones’ family has set up a GoFundMe page to support her two sons as they continue to recover (click the link to visit page).

“It’s just so fresh and so new that I just wish it wasn’t true,” Green said. “Her sons are so smart and so intelligent, that I’m sure that they’ll probably be the ones to come up with the way that they want to honor their mother.”

Jones, 33, and her two boys were critically wounded in a series of stabbings inside a residence in the 7100 block of South Eberhart Avenue, in Greater Grand Crossing on Chicago’s South Side, just before 7 p.m. on Feb. 20.

Jones’ ex-boyfriend, 39-year-old Marcus Bausley, has been accused in the triple stabbing. Jones’ family says Bausley attacked Jones at her home, and Jones’ two sons were also stabbed multiple times but survived.

“One is up and active. The other one still has a couple of hurdles to cross,” Ald. William Hall (6th Ward) said of the boys in the aftermath of the attack.

Bausley then allegedly took both boys with him. The 11-year-old was found a few miles away, knocking on doors in the 200 block of West 66th Street.

“It was very traumatic what I experienced, to see an 11-year-od boy on my doorstep bleeding,” witness Cynthia Keel said during a prayer vigil for Jones. “Felt like he was bleeding out, but God sustained him.”

An AMBER Alert was also issued for the 8-year-old boy before he showed up on patrol station surveillance video in Auburn Gresham, about four miles from where the stabbing happened.

Bausley was arrested Feb. 21 near Crown Point, Ind., after a license plate reader detected his Ford Escape, prompting a chase by state police and the Lake County (Ind.) Sheriff’s Department, who boxed him in with their patrol vehicles.

Bausley is facing a felony resisting arrest charge in Indiana. He’s said to be fighting extradition to Illinois, where he faces multiple charges —including attempted murder, aggravated battery and kidnapping — according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Department.

Community rallies

In the aftermath of the incident, Hall and community leaders have banded together to address domestic violence and help provide solutions.

“Those children will never see their mother again, so (Bausley) should never see light again,” Hall said. “This is a chance to show us the standard of protection of women through law. If women are not protected under the law, then what good is showing up at the door?”

Showing up at the door is exactly what Hall plans to do. He hosted two community meetings in Hamilton Park last week, asking men to step up.

“We want men who are committed to our ward, committed to protecting women, not preying on women, not being predators, to be that example,” Hall said.

Hall’s Chief of Staff, Valencia Ahmad, and Ward Supt. Darryl Smith told WGN this is how the cycle gets broken.

“When I was a kid, I had role models,” Smith said. “I had people going to work. I had people really just telling me what to do, helping me be disciplined.

“You can’t be what you can’t see.”

“That’s extremely important that we get back to the basics of the roots of what Black communities and Black neighborhoods used to look like,” Ahmad added.