Kenneth Jones, a 25-year-old African American man, was shot on May 10, 2016, and died the next day. The shooting occurred on the front porch of a house on Sunrise Street in Murphy, North Carolina. Witnesses said a 49-year-old man, Bryan Vincent Crisp, came out with a gun, knocked Jones down and then shot him. Crisp fled but was later apprehended in Tennessee after a high-speed pursuit by state and local officers.

Court records show Crisp was convicted of second-degree murder and received a prison term of at least 35 years. The judge ordered Crisp to pay $25,095.50 in court costs and funeral expenses. The prosecution was handled by Assistant District Attorneys Kimberly Harris and John Hindsman Jr., and Murphy Assistant Chief Dustin Smith was the primary investigator in the case.

Are there readers who knew Kenneth Jones or who have information about the events leading up to the shooting?