PLYMOUTH — A jury has cleared a second brother in the murder of Brockton’s Greg Grantsis.
On Monday, a Plymouth County Superior Court jury found Shamallah Jones of Dorchester not guilty of first-degree murder in the Nov. 9, 2021 killing. Three months ago, a different jury found his brother, Rula Jones of Brockton and Boston, not guilty of the same offense.
The verdict opens the possibility that no one will be held accountable for shooting Grantsis in the face during a confrontation outside the Tremont Street home of Vanessa Jones. She is mother of both Rula and Shamallah.
“The family is devastated,” said Brockton’s Scott Tariseau, Greg Grantsis’ father-in-law. He’s helping raise Greg Jr., Greg Grantsis’ 3-year-old son. The deceased also has a 16-year-old daughter.
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Reached Tuesday after the verdict came down, Tariseau said little Greg will never know his dad, among other consequences of the murder that have changed the family forever.