Jackson Jambalaya

 Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens issued the following statement. 

Hinds County District Attorney Jody E. Owens, II, announces the guilty verdict in the trial of T’Quaris Jones who was found guilty of Frist Degree Murder in the shooting death of Justin Harper.

On the day of the incident, officers with the Jackson Police Department were dispatched to a
residence on Cameron Street in response to a report of a shooting. When officers arrived on the
scene, a woman, later identified as Pricilla Reed, was physically restraining Jones in the yard of
the home. Reed informed officers that she was Jones’ mother and that Jones had shot Harper.
Meanwhile, other responding officers located the body of a deceased male, on the porch with signs
of multiple gunshot wounds. The victim was subsequently identified as Justin Harper. Jones was
immediately taken into custody. An assault rifle was also recovered from the scene.

The investigation revealed that Jones and the victim were friends and, on the day in question, got
into an argument over food. The autopsy would reveal that Harper was shot 17 times.

Following a four-day jury trial, Jones was found guilty of First-Degree Murder. The trial court
sentenced Jones to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

“Far too often we see people committing murder, for senseless reasons.” DA Owens said following the
verdict. “I hope today's verdict and sentence will cause people to think twice before picking
up a gun to solve a petty argument.”

Kingfish note: Jones finally gets justice after judges Adrienne Wooten and Tomie Green did everything they could to keep him out of jail.