On the evening of April 29, 2018, Lonnie Taylor, known to some as Lil Lonnie, was fatally shot while driving in Jackson, Mississippi. Taylor and his companion, Ashanti Jones, had been on a date night and were driving to a friend’s house on Montebello Drive when an assailant or assailants opened fire on their vehicle. Taylor was pushed down by Jones as bullets struck the car, which then crashed into a nearby house. Jones escaped physical injury but found Taylor unresponsive; he was pronounced dead at the scene from a single gunshot wound to the head.

Crime scene investigators recovered eight 7.62x39 shell casings consistent with rifle fire and one .40-caliber casing from a handgun. A May 2018 Crime Stoppers tip named a man known as CBH YaYo and led investigators to identify Monya Davis as a suspect. Further inquiry produced four alleged participants in the pursuit and shooting: Monya Davis, a woman named Lewis, and two men identified as AC and Marshun. Lewis later provided a statement, access to her cell phone, and identified Davis, AC, and Marshun from photographs.

Monya Davis was arrested in Texas in April 2019 and extradited to Mississippi to face charges.

If anyone knew Taylor, Jones, or the people named as involved, does any additional information about that night or the pursuit remain to be shared with investigators?