Hudson B. Jones Jr., 40, known to family and friends as Nookie, was found shot to death on a front lawn in the Plum Orchard neighborhood of New Orleans on Sunday, June 12, 2016. The New Orleans Police Department responded and classified the incident as a homicide; the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office listed gunshot wounds as the cause of death.

Jones was survived by his wife, four children and a grandchild. His funeral was held the following Saturday at a New Orleans funeral home and he was interred at a local cemetery. Police investigated the shooting, but there have been no reports of arrests or identified suspects.

If anyone knew Hudson, witnessed activity in Plum Orchard that day, or has information about the shooting, please come forward.