Terry Wayne Jones Jr., 35, was killed in a daylight shooting on New Year’s Day 2025. The shooting happened around 3:24 p.m. at the intersection of Longfellow Drive and Hollywood Street in Baton Rouge. Officers who responded found Jones with multiple gunshot wounds; he died at the scene, recorded as the city’s first homicide of the year.

Initial public details about a suspect or motive were sparse and the family prepared a celebration of life service later in January. The Baton Rouge Police Department continued the investigation, and on July 4, 2025, authorities arrested 26-year-old Devante Adams in connection with the killing.

Are there witnesses or neighbors who remember the shooting or anyone seen near Longfellow Drive and Hollywood Street that afternoon?