In the early morning of September 23, 2017, 26-year-old Dijon Jones of Mishawaka was shot in South Bend on the 1500 block of Lebanon Street. Jones, a father with a young daughter and another child on the way, tried to drive himself to a hospital after being wounded but crashed near Fellows and Sample Streets. South Bend Police found him at the crash scene; he was transported to a hospital and pronounced dead. An autopsy confirmed death from a gunshot wound and the death was ruled a homicide.

The St. Joseph County Metro Homicide Unit is handling the investigation. A second person was also shot in the same incident and reached a hospital for treatment before being released. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced; the case remains unsolved and the investigation ongoing.

If anyone has information about Dijon Jones, the shooting on Lebanon Street, or the crash near Fellows and Sample, please share what you know.