On the morning of August 6, 2023, 32-year-old Akeem Hasun Jones was shot in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Police were called to Stuart Street near Johnson and America Streets around 10:58 a.m.; officers found Jones suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken to the Medical University of South Carolina where he was pronounced dead.

Jones, a North Charleston resident, became the subject of a homicide investigation. On August 11, 2023, the U.S. Marshals Service arrested 29-year-old Jaques Demetrius Jenkins-Smith of North Charleston; Jenkins-Smith was charged with Murder and Possession of a Weapon During the Commission of a Violent Crime and held at the Al Cannon Detention Center pending a bond hearing. Authorities say the investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone witnessed the shooting on Stuart Street or has information about Jones in the days before August 6, please come forward to investigators.