Ex-con slain, saw brother killed in ’08

A Bronx ex-con who witnessed his older brother’s killing more than a decade ago was fatally shot in the head just blocks from Yankee Stadium, police said Monday.

Shakeinne Jones managed to cling to life for two days after he was hit on Anderson Ave. near W. 164th St. in Highbridge about 11:15 p.m. on Aug. 7, cops said.

About 30 minutes earlier, he had been involved in a street fight down the block, officials said.

EMS rushed Jones (inset), who lived in the Jefferson Houses in East Harlem, to Lincoln Hospital, where he died Aug. 9. His killer hasn’t been caught or identified.

Jones had been arrested multiple times and served three years in state prison for a Manhattan robbery before he was conditionally released by parole in November 2015, records show.

Federal court documents also reveal he witnessed his older brother Frank’s slaying on Ogden Ave. and W. 165th St. in Highbridge in May 2008 — and 10 days later shot a man he believed to be the killer. His brother’s killing is described in filings that led to the dismissal of charges against two others accused in the attack. It’s believed the killer was a man Frank and Shakeinne Jones beat up a day earlier, those court filings show.

“This is my second son to die,” Jones’ mother, Sheila Hamilton, 60, said. “We’re very devastated.”

Hamilton said she didn’t know why he was targeted.

“There were too many stories, about baby mamas, about gambling, but we haven’t seen any evidence,” she said. “Police are still looking at video. His jewelry was missing, and we just found his motorcycle in the neighborhood.”

Jones’ criminal past didn’t define him, Hamilton said, describing him as a hardworking father.

“He did time one time, and hasn’t been arrested since,” she said. “He passed all the programs after he got out. He was a hardworking custodian. He was a family man with four kids. He was generous. No matter who he met he was good to.”

Jones had a temper, but had cooled down since serving prison time, his mother said. He was working toward getting a commercial trucking license, and dreamed of going into the trucking business.