Justin Edward Jones, 25, was shot to death in front of an apartment at the Plantation Apartments in the 9300 block of Stateline Road in Olive Branch, Mississippi, on February 1, 2020. Officers who responded to a call found Jones deceased at the scene; a second person was wounded and taken to Regional One Health.

Investigators concluded the shooting grew out of a dispute among a group of people inside an apartment rather than being random. Four people were identified in connection with the incident. William Lee Austin, 28, and Michael Kincaid Shipp, 37, were arrested and charged with murder, attempted murder, and felony conspiracy, each held on $1 million bond. Sharnesha Anjoyletta Maxwell, 30, was arrested on drug charges and as an accessory after the fact, with bond set at $72,222. Deadrick Kentrell Williams, 29, of Memphis, was named as a suspect and was wanted on charges of murder and attempted murder.

In February 2023 a jury found Michael Kincaid Shipp guilty of conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder, and capital murder; in April 2023 he received life without parole for capital murder plus a consecutive 35-year term for the other convictions, and an appeal was later denied.

If anyone has information about the events that led to Justin’s death or about Deadrick Kentrell Williams’s whereabouts at the time, please come forward.