On the evening of Wednesday, December 11, 2019, 22-year-old Zaquan Chauncey Jones of Petersburg, Virginia, was found in the hallway of an apartment building with gunshot wounds. He was taken to Southside Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead.

Born May 10, 1997, Zaquan—known as Quan to friends and family—was a graduate of the Petersburg Public School System. Family described him as caring and protective and devoted to his young son. The Petersburg Police Department opened a homicide investigation; at the time officers responded no suspects or motive were publicly identified and detectives described the investigation as active and ongoing.

There have been no public updates about arrests or identified suspects since the initial reports, and the case remains unresolved. If anyone knew Zaquan or has information that could help the investigation, please come forward to the Petersburg Police Department.