On the night of Monday, November 15, 2021, 34-year-old Phillip Jones was found dead in the backyard of a home in the 800 block of West First Street in Hugo, Oklahoma. He had sustained fatal gunshot wounds in an act of violence that triggered a homicide investigation.

Jones, born February 7, 1987, in Hugo and a 2005 graduate of Hugo High School, was a father to a daughter, Sonaya, and a son, Kadyn. Neighbors and friends remember him as kind and generous, quick with a joke or a smile, and a regular at his son’s little league games. The Hugo Police Department requested help from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation while detectives worked to piece together what happened.

Two juvenile suspects were identified in the case; one was 17-year-old Sacarious Holman, who was arrested and charged as an adult with first-degree murder. The involvement of a second juvenile of Native American descent prompted federal attention because of jurisdictional issues. Does anyone have information about Phillip, the night of November 15, 2021, or the events leading up to his death?