On a Sunday in early April 2024 in Jackson, Mississippi, 40-year-old Lloyd Ashley was found shot to death in the 2600 block of Cliffwood Drive. The Jackson Police Department opened a homicide investigation after Ashley’s body was discovered.

Police arrested 19-year-old Valencia Jones within a day and charged her with murder in connection with the shooting. Jones’s attorney says she acted in self-defense, alleging Ashley had broken into the home on Cliffwood Drive and was armed, and that Jones fired her weapon in response. Jones was held on a $1 million bond as the case moved toward court.

Few publicly known facts address what led to the shooting beyond these competing accounts. Does anyone in Jackson have information about the events on Cliffwood Drive that morning or about Lloyd Ashley’s movements that day?