Manuel Lewis Jones, 36, was fatally shot on October 21, 2024, in the Plum Orchard neighborhood of New Orleans. He was found in the 4700 block of Bonita Drive with multiple gunshot wounds; the shooting was investigated as a homicide.

In the days after the killing, police identified and arrested two people in connection with the case. Nineteen-year-old Mekhai Pierce was taken into custody on October 31, 2024, and booked into the Orleans Justice Center. Eighteen-year-old Diamond Ebbs was arrested on November 8, 2024, in St. Tammany Parish and was awaiting extradition back to New Orleans to face charges.

Both Pierce and Ebbs have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Manuel Jones. If anyone has information about Manuel, his movements that day, or the incident on Bonita Drive, please come forward to assist the investigation.