Ronald W. Jones was a 29-year-old Prentiss, Mississippi police officer killed in the line of duty on December 26, 2001. A five-year veteran of the Prentiss Police Department and the son of the town’s chief of police, Officer Jones was taking part in a narcotics investigation when he and fellow officers served a search warrant on Mary Street. Entering the residence through a rear door, he was shot in the abdomen just below his protective vest and died while being transported to a local hospital.

The shooter was apprehended at the scene and charged with capital murder. Officer Jones’s death deeply affected his family, with its long history of law enforcement service, and the small Prentiss community that he served. Who in Prentiss remembers Officer Jones or has information about that night?