Yau Bros Killer Sentenced to 50 Years

A Baltimore teenager was sentenced Tuesday to 50 years in prison for murdering a man at a North Baltimore Chinese carryout on Halloween night 2011. 

Markell Jones, 18, will also serve five years of supervised probation after his jail term, according to a news release from the Baltimore State's Attorney's office. 

Markell Jones and two unidentified males entered Yau Bros in the 2900 block of Greenmount Avenue at approximately 6:30 p.m. Oct. 31, 2011 and robbed two customers. Markell Jones then shot one of the customers, Freddie Jones, three times with a .45 caliber gun, causing his death. 

Two nights later, Markell Jones' grandfather contacted police to report his grandson as a suspect after local television news outlets broadcasted the surveillance video. Jones later turned himself in and confessed. 

He pleaded guilty to the murder on May 27. 

"This was an appalling act of violence perpetrated against a gentleman who was merely going about his routine business," State’s Attorney Gregg L. Bernstein said in the release. "We are gratified by the outcome and hope it helps the victim’s loved ones to achieve a sense of closure."

Patch editor Adam Bednar contributed to this report.