Cornelius James Jones, 33, was killed in his Pontiac, Michigan, apartment on the evening of February 21, 2024. Jones told Donalson to leave, and Donalson and another man, 22-year-old Dewaun Demarco Benion, briefly left the apartment before returning.

A physical altercation between Benion and Jones followed. After the fight ended, Donalson allegedly shot Jones. Witnesses inside the apartment reported hearing the argument and the gunshots. Deputies arrived about 9:30 p.m. and found Jones unconscious; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival. Both men fled; police say Benion was taken into custody almost immediately and Donalson after a short foot chase, and the suspected firearm was recovered.

What details can anyone add about Jones’s life or who was in that apartment that night?