Andrew Lee Jones Jr., 27, was found dead in his Racine apartment on March 2, 2015, having suffered multiple gunshot wounds. He and a roommate lived on 3 Mile Road at Erie Street; police quickly focused on the roommate, Jacob Rogers, as the primary suspect after investigators recovered video surveillance from inside the apartment that reportedly captured the shooting. The footage is said to show Rogers firing a semi-automatic handgun at Jones while Jones lay on a couch, leaving the scene and then returning to fire additional shots.

After Jones’s body was discovered, a manhunt for Rogers and his girlfriend followed. Rogers allegedly posted on his public Facebook page that he had committed the killing and explained his motive as a dispute over a small amount of money. The next day police took Rogers into custody in Racine after negotiations; his girlfriend was with him and was unharmed. Rogers was charged with first-degree intentional homicide and felony possession of a firearm, and he reportedly admitted to the crime during his initial court appearance.