On the morning of May 5, 2026 in an Antioch neighborhood on Percheron Way, 44-year-old Cordai Mustafi was fatally shot inside a residence. Two other people in the home, 46-year-old Shontella Anderson and 23-year-old Dejon Anderson, were wounded in the same incident. First responders pronounced Mustafi dead at the scene and police launched an investigation into the shooting.

Authorities say the suspect, 38-year-old Antioch resident Jaquan Tarrell Jones, fled to a nearby house on Dawnview Court, forced entry and took a 65-year-old woman who was caring for a child hostage. Antioch police located and arrested Jones at that second location and recovered a weapon believed to be connected to the Percheron Way shooting.

The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office charged Jones with murder, two counts of attempted murder, kidnapping and child abuse, along with special allegations and enhancements tied to prior convictions for robbery in 2006 and firearm possession in 2024. He was held at the Martinez Detention Facility on $11,620,000 bond with an arraignment set for May 8, 2026.

If anyone in Antioch witnessed activity on Percheron Way or Dawnview Court around May 5, or has information about this case, please come forward.