J'Quan Jones was 21 when he was shot and killed in Detroit in the early morning hours of July 6, 2021, the day after his 21st birthday celebration. A 2018 graduate of Madison High School and described as a promising athlete with an infectious smile, Jones was driving his mother’s car near East 8 Mile Road and Rex Avenue at about 1:50 a.m. He was with a friend when an unknown assailant fired multiple shots into the vehicle. Jones was fatally wounded and his friend was injured.

Police investigated the homicide and said the shooter or shooters may have been in a white SUV, possibly a White Durango, but acknowledged there was little to go on early in the probe. Family and friends gathered at Balduck Park to mourn and release balloons; the family had lost a cousin, Teao Garrett, to a shooting two years earlier. No arrests or named suspects have been publicly announced.

If anyone knew J'Quan or has information about who was in a white SUV near East 8 Mile and Rex Avenue that night, please come forward.