Patrick Jones was 26 when he was shot and killed in an upstairs bedroom of a Detroit east side residence. The shooting happened on December 22, 2022; officers who responded to a call about 10:45 a.m. found Jones with fatal gunshot wounds to his right arm and armpit, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities say the incident began as a verbal altercation that escalated when 25-year-old Lemonte Richawn Jackson allegedly produced a firearm and shot Jones before fleeing. Jackson has been charged in connection with Jones’s death, including first-degree murder, felon in possession of a firearm, and two counts of felony firearm. Reports link Jackson to another fatal shooting that occurred earlier that month on the city’s west side.

Anyone with information about Patrick Jones, the events of December 22, 2022, or surrounding circumstances is asked to come forward.