Tony ’Boochie’ Jones, 41, was killed in a shooting on Dryades Street in New Orleans in the early morning of July 23, 2024. First responders found him in the 2400 block around 1:40 a.m. with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to a local hospital and later pronounced dead. The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office identified Jones and ruled his death a homicide from gunshot-related injuries.

Jones was born and raised in New Orleans, attended Booker T. Washington High School, worked in the hospitality industry and more recently for the City of New Orleans. He was a father to four children. The New Orleans Police Department’s Homicide Section identified a suspect and on August 2, 2024 publicly named Dana Dante Dorceus and sought his whereabouts under an arrest warrant for one count of second-degree murder.

If anyone has information about the shooting or Dorceus’s whereabouts, please come forward.