Breaja Barbara Jones, 21, was fatally shot in her Clovis home on Hampton Way on October 19, 2024. The shooting occurred during a confrontation with her former partner, 21-year-old Tavion Keyon Tapscott, the father of her two-year-old daughter. Tapscott had come to the residence to collect his belongings; witnesses say an argument escalated and Tapscott allegedly shot Jones once, killing her. He fled the scene but later surrendered to the Clovis Police Department.

Tapscott was on formal probation at the time for an April 2024 domestic violence conviction involving Jones. The Fresno County District Attorney charged him with one count of murder with an enhancement for intentional discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury or death, and one count of child abuse, along with allegations tied to a 2019 strike conviction. If convicted on all counts, the charges carry a possible sentence of up to 87 years to life in state prison. Jones was remembered by family and friends as a loving mother, daughter, and sister who had recently graduated from a charter school and hoped to train as a phlebotomist.

Funeral services were held November 4, 2024, at Jesse E. Cooley Jr. Funeral Chapel in Fresno, with burial at Belmont Memorial Park. What information can anyone who knew Breaja or the family share that might help present a fuller picture of her life and this case?