On the late afternoon of Thursday, March 23, 2023, 19-year-old Christopher Jones was shot and killed in Saint-Martinville, Louisiana. Officers responding to reports of a shooting arrived about 5:35 p.m. at the corner of Porter Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and found two males in a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds. Christopher Jones was pronounced dead at the scene; the other victim was in critical condition and taken to a local hospital.

The St. Martinville Police Department, led by Police Chief Rickey Martin, opened a criminal investigation and asked the public for help identifying suspects or providing details about the incident. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced. If anyone has information about the shooting, contact the St. Martinville Police Department’s Investigations Division or St. Martin Parish Crime Stoppers; callers can remain anonymous.