On the evening of May 14, 2026, 34-year-old Judy Ann Jones was shot in her Sanford, North Carolina, home at 227 Linden Avenue. A mother and a patient care assistant known to some as Juno, she was found with a gunshot wound to the chest and was taken to Central Carolina Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. She is survived by three sons, Malachi Jones, Messiah Stephens, and Prince Stephens, and a sister, Shynae Robinson.

Police responded to a call just after 9:30 p.m. and detained Chrisshawn Terrell Alston at the scene. Alston, who lived at the same Linden Avenue address, was charged with Jones’s murder and booked into the Lee County Jail on May 15, 2026, held without bond and making a first court appearance that day. The investigation is ongoing and authorities have not released motive or a detailed account of events leading to the shooting.

If anyone knew Judy Ann Jones or has information about what happened at 227 Linden Avenue on May 14, please come forward with tips.