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James Leevaughn Jones

Case from Mobile, AL dated Jun 29, 2021

Victim Details

James Leevaughn Jones

Male

Black / African American

Mobile

AL

2021-06-29

74

James

Leevaughn Jones

litigation

07/02/2026

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A 74-year-old male, James Leevaughn Jones, was tragically killed in his Mobile, Alabama, apartment on the night of June 29, 2021, in a devastating case of mistaken identity. The events leading to his death began earlier that evening with a dispute at another location that resulted in the shooting of a woman. The woman's boyfriend, enraged by the incident, sought retaliation.

The boyfriend, identified as 28-year-old DeAngelo Demetrius Merrill, mistakenly believed the person responsible for ...
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  • FOX10 News: Urgent manhunt underway as MPD seeks murder suspect
  • FOX10 News: Innocent Mobile man shot to death by man who targeted wrong apartment, police say
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