Maxine Jones was a 48-year-old mother of eight from Millen, Georgia, who was killed in a shooting in the early morning hours of March 24, 2024. Police responded at about 1:45 a.m. to the Annie P. Chance Veterans Center on Acorn Avenue and found Ms. Jones and 28-year-old Tyrell Brown deceased. First responders initially saw no obvious trauma on Ms. Jones, but the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab later confirmed she had died of a gunshot wound to the chest; Brown also died of gunshot wounds.

Investigators linked a second, non-injury shooting that same morning on Wasdin Street to the homicides. The probe led to 28-year-old Raheem Whitfield of Waynesboro, who turned himself in and was charged with felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. A co-defendant, Shenice Thompson, was later indicted on malice and felony murder counts and on charges alleging false statements, hindering apprehension, and tampering with evidence; authorities say she allegedly hid Whitfield and helped conceal the firearm.

The jury found Whitfield guilty of felony murder in the death of Maxine Jones and guilty on other counts; Thompson was convicted of the non-murder charges. Does anyone have information about Ms. Jones’s movements in Millen that morning or about the events near the veterans center?