On the night of November 3, 2020, 12-year-old Jamarrieon Ya-Ya Jones was inside a Chesterfield home when he was struck by a bullet around 11 p.m. Emergency services took him to a local hospital, but his injuries proved fatal. Authorities later described the shooting as inadvertent.

The Chesterfield County Police Department identified the person who fired the weapon as 22-year-old Rayshawn D. Elmore of Chesterfield. Elmore turned himself in the next morning and was charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with Jamarrieon’s death.

Jamarrieon’s family and the community were left grieving after the accidental shooting. If anyone has information about the circumstances that night or knew Jamarrieon, please come forward to the Chesterfield County Police Department.