
Reserve lieutenant called brilliant and engaging
People who knew Lt. Kylan A. Jones-Huffman from his years as a gifted high school student to his time as a naval officer described him as a “go-to guy” — a person who gladly accepted any difficult challenge and tackled it.
But what everyone saw as a young life already marked by achievement, and a future full of promise, ended Aug. 21, when Jones-Huffman was shot by an unidentified gunman while riding in an SUV near the town of Hillah, Iraq. He died soon after at Camp Babylon Medical Facility.
Jones-Huffman, 31, was an intelligence officer temporarily assigned...