On the evening of February 11, 2026, 33-year-old Precious Jones was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Memorial Bend Shopping Center on Memorial Drive in Stone Mountain, Georgia. DeKalb County police responded to reports of a person shot around 6 p.m. and found Jones suffering from at least one gunshot wound; she was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators determined the shooting followed a verbal altercation in the parking lot and that Jones was unarmed.

Authorities identified and arrested 23-year-old Zanbria Arrington on a murder charge; she was booked into the DeKalb County Jail and held without bond. Police said they were seeking a possible second suspect who may have been in a car with Arrington and stated they did not believe the shooting was domestic in nature. A celebration of life for Jones was scheduled for February 28, 2026, at Shiloh Baptist Church in McDonough.

If anyone witnessed the altercation in the Memorial Bend Shopping Center parking lot or has information about the shooting, please come forward to assist the investigation.