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Eddie Lee Jones

Case from Janesville, WI dated May 28, 2017

Victim Details

Eddie Lee Jones

Male

Black / African American

Janesville

WI

2017-05-28

28

Eddie

Lee Jones

07/06/2026

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In the early hours of May 28, 2017, a verbal altercation in Janesville, Wisconsin, tragically cut short the life of 28-year-old Eddie Lee Jones, a Black/African American man from Markham, Illinois. The dispute, which took place just before 12:30 a.m. in the 100 block of South Franklin Street, quickly escalated into violence.

The argument was with 32-year-old Barquis D. Odom of Beloit. During the course of the disagreement, Odom produced a handgun and shot Jones in the face and neck. After ...
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  • UPDATE: Man shot and killed in Janesville identified
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