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Barris Jones was 22 when he was killed on May 26, 2014, in Memphis, Tennessee. The shooting happened in daylight at an apartment complex in the Hickory Hill neighborhood while Jones was taking out his trash. He was chased by three men to the rear of his girlfriend’s apartment building, knocked down, and assaulted; one man punched him, another hit him with a pistol, and a third — later identified as Anthony Thompson — shot him multiple times. Jones was struck 11 times, taken to the Regional Medical Center in extremely critical condition, and died of his injuries.

Investigators later identified Thompson as the shooter; he evaded capture for about 11 months before being arrested and charged with first-degree premeditated murder. A co-defendant testified the attack was motivated by an alleged theft of $900 by Jones. In October 2015 a jury convicted Thompson of first-degree murder after about 20 minutes of deliberation and sentenced him to life in prison. Two other men, Keron Cowan, 29, and Thelron Richards, 24, were also charged and their cases were pending at the time of Thompson’s conviction.

Did anyone in Hickory Hill see Jones that afternoon or have information about the three men who chased him?