On the evening of January 24, 2025, Jasmine Smith, a 17-year-old Black female from Laurinburg, North Carolina, was shot and found unresponsive in the front yard of a residence in the 300 block of E. Vance Street. Scotland County EMS pronounced her deceased after officers arrived at about 8:25 p.m. The Laurinburg Police Department opened an intensive homicide investigation.

Investigators identified two suspects. On February 7, SWAT teams executed search warrants at residences on Crestline Road and Pea Bridge Road; 18-year-old Jordan Ray Jacobs was located at the Pea Bridge Road address and taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder. A warrant was also issued for 19-year-old Isaiah Ja’Resse Patterson of Hasty Road; he surrendered to the Scotland County Sheriff’s Department on February 10 and was charged with first-degree murder as well. Both men had first appearances and were held in the Scotland County Detention Center awaiting further hearings as of February 2025.

Are there details about Jasmine’s last known movements or anyone who saw something that evening that could help the investigation?