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Dewayne Willis Jones Sr., 41, of Abbeville, Mississippi, was found shot to death in the early morning of February 28, 2018. Lafayette County deputies discovered his body about 5:30 a.m. in a parking lot on County Road 104 (College Hill Switch Road) on Oxford’s outskirts; he had been shot multiple times with a high-powered rifle and was pronounced dead at the scene after an initial report of gunshots in the area.

Within days four local residents were arrested: Melvin Scooby Johnson, 24; Learica Harris, 23; Keontae Harris, 19; and 16-year-old Kentarious Kirkwood, who was charged as an adult. Authorities identified the motive as an attempted robbery, and all four were charged with capital murder and held on $2 million bond.

By spring 2019 two of those charged reached plea agreements that reduced charges to second-degree murder; those outcomes are part of the court record. Who has information about Jones, the parking lot scene, or the events that led to the robbery attempt?