Stephon Jones, 37, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of Saturday, July 25, 2026, at a residence in the 2900 block of East Auburn Street in East Lubbock. Lubbock Police responded at about 1:59 a.m.; Jones was found with a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead before transport. The Lubbock Metropolitan Special Crimes Unit took over the investigation and the Police Department’s Special Response Group was needed when a large, unruly crowd gathered at the scene.

Police say Jones arrived at the home accompanied by another person and got into a verbal and then physical confrontation with 65-year-old homeowner Robert Kinney. Detectives allege Kinney produced a firearm and shot Jones; an arrest warrant for murder was secured and Kinney was booked into the Lubbock County Detention Center on a $250,000 bond. Kinney tells investigators he fired a warning shot after being awakened, says Jones struck him in the face, and contends the gun discharged accidentally; his attorney says he acted in self-defense and that Jones was unarmed.

Which detail from the scene or the witness accounts seems most important to whoever has information about what happened that night?