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Devante Jones

Case from Detroit, MI dated Sep 20, 2021

Victim Details

Devante Jones

Male

Black / African American

Detroit

MI

2021-09-20

23

Devante

Jones

07/16/2026

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In the early morning darkness of September 20, 2021, the life of Devante Jones, a 23-year-old Black male from Detroit, Michigan, was violently cut short in a shooting that shook the local law enforcement community. Jones, who served as a Wayne County Sheriff's deputy working in the jail division, had finished his shift late the previous evening and was off-duty at the time of the incident. Around 4:15 a.m., he drove to the Diggs Projects on East Forest Avenue near the Chrysler Service Drive to d ...
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  • Prosecutor: Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputy was texting alleged killers right before his death
  • Police1: Off-duty Mich. corrections deputy shot, killed in Detroit
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