-information courtesy of the office of District Attorney Mike Waters
A Henderson man was sentenced to 50-61 years in prison in the 2019 shooting death of his former girlfriend.
Javius Donte Perry, 28, entered a guilty plea to one count of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder in the Feb. 9, 2019 incident. Three women, including Ilana Jones, were in a vehicle parked in a driveway on Charles Street when the suspect opened fire.
The investigation was led by the Henderson Police Department, and District Attorney Mike Waters and Assistant District Attorney Charity D. Wilborn prosecuted the case, which was heard by Superior Court Judge Josephine Kerr Davis.
Officers responded to the scene in the early-morning hours of Feb. 9, and located 18 shell casings in the area surrounding the vehicle. Jones died at Duke Medical Center. The vehicle had more than a dozen bullet holes in the passenger side of the windshield, as well as the front and rear passenger windows and back glass.