In the late hours of a Sunday night in the summer of 2012, the lives of two young men were tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire. The incident, which would become another grim statistic in New Orleans' history of violence, claimed the life of 22-year-old Raymon Jones and 26-year-old Montreal Jones. The two men were together in the 6200 block of Painters Street on July 22nd when the shooting occurred.
The New Orleans Police Department responded to calls of the shooting and arrived to
find a grim scene. Both Raymon and Montreal Jones had sustained fatal gunshot wounds. Despite the immediate launch of a homicide investigation, details surrounding the motive and the perpetrator or perpetrators of the double homicide remained scarce. The initial reports from law enforcement did not indicate any known suspects or lead to any immediate arrests, leaving a community shaken and two families grieving.
In the years that followed the violent deaths of Raymon and Montreal Jones, the case grew cold. Information about the investigation has not been publicly updated, and there have been no subsequent announcements of any arrests or the identification of any suspects in connection with the double homicide. The untimely deaths of Raymon Jones and Montreal Jones remain an unsolved chapter in the city's struggle with violent crime, a painful and unresolved loss for their loved ones.
