Jury selection starts in Hammond drug deal slaying

Jury selection started Monday for a Hammond man accused of shooting a customer buying drugs from him.

Davon Jones, now 20, was charged with the April 9, 2022 death of Amarion Holmes, 20, according to court records. He has pleaded not guilty.

He is charged with two counts of murder, two counts of robbery and one count of armed robbery.

Hammond Police were called just before 4:30 p.m. to an alley on the 800 block of Drackert Street, for a report of a man shot inside a car, according to court records.

Officers found Holmes slumped over and unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a white Hyundai sedan with a gunshot wound to the head, the affidavit states. He was transported to the University of Chicago where he was pronounced dead at 6 p.m.

Witnesses told police the car was in the alley for minutes when a single gunshot rang out.

From Holmes’ Facebook account, police believed he was there to meet Jones over a drug buy, the affidavit states.

Jones deleted Holmes off his Facebook account five minutes after the shooting and left the next day to stay in Wisconsin for two weeks, charges state. A month later, he deleted his Facebook account.

The trial is before Judge Natalie Bokota. Deputy Prosecutors Jacob Brandewie and Cole Galloway are assigned. Defense lawyers Kerry Connor and Amanda Hires represent Jones.

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