On the morning of June 27, 2022, 48-year-old Casandra Jones was leaving her New Orleans home for work as a deputy clerk in Orleans Parish when she was fatally shot in a parking lot on Iberville Street. Jones, a Black woman originally from Mississippi and a mother and grandmother, had been described as independent and outgoing.

Her 32-year-old ex-boyfriend, BJ Brown, was accused of the killing. Reports say the shooting was execution-style and was filmed and shared on social media; video allegedly shows a man with a long gun approaching Jones and shooting her twice more as she lay on the ground. A month before the killing Jones had filed for a restraining order against Brown, alleging a history of punching, choking, kicking and sexual abuse; Brown did not appear in court for the order.

After the murder Brown fled the state. He was later linked to a shooting that wounded a police officer during a traffic stop in Erin, Tennessee, and was captured after a search in heavily wooded terrain. Brown was convicted in Tennessee for the attempted murder of that officer and sentenced to life in prison.

If anyone witnessed Casandra Jones on June 27, 2022, or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.