L’Zaiyah Jones, 17, was shot and killed in Grenada, Mississippi in the early hours of Wednesday, March 11, 2026. Officers were dispatched to the 300 block of South Levee Street at about 1:46 a.m. and found Jones unresponsive from a gunshot wound. Grenada County Coroner Douglas Little Bobby Yates pronounced the teenager dead at the scene; the body was sent to the Mississippi State Crime Laboratory for autopsy.

The police investigation produced an arrest. On Friday, March 13, 2026, Grenada Police Chief George Douglas announced that 18-year-old Jerrian Mekhi Sykes Jr., a Grenada resident, had been charged with murder and was being held at the Grenada County Jail on $1,000,000 bond. Authorities have not released a motive or additional details about how the shooting occurred as the inquiry continues.

If anyone knew L’Zaiyah or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know with investigators.