John Jones, a 53-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on the front porch of a McMillan Street residence in south Memphis on December 23, 2015 following an altercation at a nightclub over a woman. Investigators concluded the killing was premeditated and part of a murder-for-hire plot, with Jones identified as the intended target and believed to have ties to the Memphis Mob street gang.

Police say the triggerman was paid $1,000 and given a cell phone to carry out the shooting. Raymon Muhammad, then 21, was arrested and charged with murder; a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder and he received life in prison. Derrick Matthews, then 37, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and was sentenced to 20 years.