James Earl Jones was 25 when he was found shot to death on April 4, 2014, in the 5900 block of Margate Avenue in Virginia Beach. The slaying also left another person wounded and shocked friends and family who remembered Jones for the positive impact he had on those around him.

Virginia Beach police identified a suspect in the shooting. Ladarius Dashae Stieff, then 21 and also a Virginia Beach resident, was arrested and charged in connection with the fatal shooting and the wounding of the other individual. Stieff later pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, malicious wounding, and using a firearm in the commission of a felony as part of a plea agreement that moved the legal process toward resolution.

If anyone knew James Earl Jones or has information about the events that night, please share what you know.