On the morning of November 30, 2022, 27-year-old Wakiel Jones Jr. was found unresponsive on the 300 block of South Marshall Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Emergency responders arrived around 11:00 AM and Jones was pronounced dead at the scene; his body showed injuries consistent with a violent encounter.

An autopsy by the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office determined Jones died from a single gunshot wound to the head, and the death has been ruled a homicide. The Lancaster Bureau of Police opened a full investigation and processed the residential street as a crime scene.

No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced and the circumstances leading to the shooting remain under investigation. If anyone has information about what happened that morning or saw activity on South Marshall Street, please come forward to assist the investigation.