On the evening of August 31, 2021, in the 4200 block of South Monroe Street on Fort Wayne’s south side, 40-year-old Black male Travis Deval Jones was found inside a vehicle that had struck a parked car after reports of gunfire. Officers arrived just before 10 p.m. and discovered Jones with multiple gunshot wounds. Medical personnel treated him at the scene but he was later pronounced dead; the Allen County Coroner ruled the cause of death gunshot wounds to the chest and classified the death as a homicide.

Investigators believe the shooting occurred a short distance from where the vehicle crashed. Fort Wayne detectives canvassed the neighborhood for witnesses and pursued leads; months later a suspect was identified and arrested and preliminarily charged with murder. The arrest was referred to the Allen County Prosecutor’s Office for formal charging.

If anyone saw activity in the 4200 block of South Monroe Street that night or has information about this shooting, please share what is known.