Christopher Lamont Jones, 47, was found shot to death in a vacant lot on Fain Street in Nashville in the early morning hours of December 8, 2021. Officers and the Nashville Fire Department responded after witnesses reported hearing 10 to 15 gunshots; Jones was pronounced dead at the scene. The killing was listed as Nashville’s 99th criminal homicide that year.

Witnesses said a maroon Lincoln Town Car with a broken back window was seen driving slowly through the area soon after the shooting. Investigators identified a person of interest, 37-year-old Travis Lamont Blakemore, who was taken into custody on an outstanding warrant. Officers found an AR-15 in the back seat of the Lincoln, and Blakemore reportedly admitted firing toward a vehicle on a nearby street; shell casings were recovered where he said he had fired. He faced a felony weapons charge.

The motive for Jones’s killing has not been made public. Does anyone in the area have information about the shooting, the maroon Lincoln, or why Jones might have been targeted?