A verbal dispute inside a Brainerd Road Hop-in gas station in Chattanooga turned lethal on February 13, 2025, when 28-year-old Marquise Dwyane Jones was shot and killed. A 27-year-old man was also shot in the same incident but survived. The person who fired the shots stayed at the scene and spoke with police, telling officers the shooting was an act of self-defense. The Chattanooga Police Department is investigating and consulting with the district attorney’s office about whether to file charges in connection with Jones’s death.

Jones’s fiancée and their three young children, ages four, three, and one, survived him; his fiancée described him as a loving father, and a fundraiser was set up to help the family. No charging decision has been announced. Does anyone have information about the altercation at the Hop-in on Brainerd Road that could help investigators?