Speaker 1: The late afternoon, traffic along Mercer University Drive moved the
Speaker 1: way it always did. Cars rolled through green lights, Customers
Speaker 1: stepped in and out of nearby convenience stores. Someone filled
Speaker 1: a gas tank without realizing they were standing only a
Speaker 1: few yards away from an argument that was about to
Speaker 1: change several lives forever. Nothing about that Sunday appeared unusual
Speaker 1: At first. It looked like another disagreement between two people
Speaker 1: who knew each other. Voices were raised, emotions were obvious
Speaker 1: to passing drivers and customers. It was the kind of
Speaker 1: confrontation most people expect will end with one person walking
Speaker 1: away while the other remains angry, But investigators would later
Speaker 1: say that was exactly what made the next few seconds
Speaker 1: so devastating. One person did try to walk away, according
Speaker 1: to witnesses, a thirty three year old mother named Teagan Jones,
Speaker 1: turned and ran, attempting to escape the confrontation. Moments later,
Speaker 1: a gunshot rang out. The bullet struck her lower left leg.
Speaker 1: Injured and struggling to stay on her feet, she stumbled
Speaker 1: into the roadway. An approaching vehicle had almost no time
Speaker 1: to react. Within seconds, Teagan Jones had suffered two catastrophic
Speaker 1: events first a gunshot wound, then the impact of a
Speaker 1: passing vehicle. Emergency calls flooded into dispatch. Deputies, firefighters, paramedics,
Speaker 1: and medical personnel rush toward Mercer University Drive, unaware that
Speaker 1: this case was about to become far more than a
Speaker 1: daytime shooting. The woman lying in the road was fighting
Speaker 1: for her life. The man investigators believed had fired the
Speaker 1: shot was already gone. For law enforcement, the next several
Speaker 1: hours would become a race against time. For Teagan's family,
Speaker 1: they would become the beginning of five days filled with hope, fear,
Speaker 1: and impossible decisions. And for investigators, another discovery would soon
Speaker 1: make the story even more extraordinary. This was not the
Speaker 1: first time Tigan Jones had survived gunfire. Five years earlier,
Speaker 1: she had thrown herself across the bodies of her six
Speaker 1: children as bullets ripped through their home. She had survived
Speaker 1: what many believes should have killed her. Now, in twenty
Speaker 1: twenty six, history seemed to be repeating itself, but under
Speaker 1: completely different circuitstances. How did a woman who had once
Speaker 1: protected six children from a hale of bullets find herself
Speaker 1: running for her own life in broad daylight? Why did
Speaker 1: witnesses say she was trying to escape, and what happened
Speaker 1: in the days leading up to that confrontation that investigators
Speaker 1: later examined so closely. Those questions would lead detectives backward
Speaker 1: through months of relationships, social media posts, witness interviews, surveillance footage,
Speaker 1: and forensic evidence. Each answer revealed another question. Each discovery
Speaker 1: added another piece to a puzzle that was both heartbreaking
Speaker 1: and deeply unsettling to understand. June seventh, twenty twenty six,
Speaker 1: investigators first had to understand the woman at the center
Speaker 1: of the case. Long before police tape surrounded Mercer University Drive,
Speaker 1: before detectives documented shell casings and interviewed witnesses, Teagan Jones
Speaker 1: was simply trying to build a future. She lived in Macon, Georgia,
Speaker 1: a city known for its rich musical history and deep
Speaker 1: cultural roots. Music had long been woven into the identity
Speaker 1: of the community. For many aspiring artists, it represented hope,
Speaker 1: a chance to tell personal stories through lyrics and rhythm.
Speaker 1: Teagan embraced that dream online. Many people knew her by
Speaker 1: another name, Black Cat. It was more than a stage name.
Speaker 1: It became part of the identity she created as an
Speaker 1: independent artist determined to succeed without waiting for anyone else's approval.
Speaker 1: Unlike musicians backed by labels or management teams, Teagan handled
Speaker 1: nearly everything herself. She wrote songs, she recorded music, She
Speaker 1: promoted new releases, She designed artwork, She developed ideas for videos.
Speaker 1: Every accomplishment came from hours of work that most people
Speaker 1: would never see. There were no large production budgets, no
Speaker 1: marketing department, no assistance, only determination. For independent artists, success
Speaker 1: rarely arrives overnight. Every stream must be earned, Every listener
Speaker 1: must be found, Every opportunity must be created. Friends and
Speaker 1: followers saw someone who refused to stop chasing those opportunities.
Speaker 1: But music alone could not provide everything she needed. Behind
Speaker 1: the songs was another reality. Teagan was raising six children.
Speaker 1: Being a parent is demanding under the best circumstances, Supporting
Speaker 1: six children required constant work, constant planning, and constant sacrifice.
Speaker 1: According to people familiar with her life, much of that
Speaker 1: responsibility rested on her shoulders. Bill still arrived, Groceries still
Speaker 1: needed to be purchased, school responsibilities continued, Children needed attention
Speaker 1: every day. Dreams did not pause simply because life became difficult.
Speaker 1: Neither did Teagan. When music wasn't producing enough income, she
Speaker 1: found other ways to provide. She sold fruit platters, She
Speaker 1: drove for uber She looked for opportunities wherever they appeared.
Speaker 1: On social media, she often blended those different parts of
Speaker 1: her life together. A post about driving passengers might become
Speaker 1: an opportunity to promote a new song. A conversation about
Speaker 1: work might include encouragement for followers to support her music.
Speaker 1: It reflected the reality of independent artists across America. There
Speaker 1: is often no separation between work, creativity, and survival. Everything
Speaker 1: becomes connected. Those who followed her online saw someone who
Speaker 1: who appeared determined to keep moving forward, regardless of the
Speaker 1: obstacles in front of her. They also saw someone who
Speaker 1: spoke honestly. Her posts were often direct, sometimes humorous, sometimes sarcastic,
Speaker 1: sometimes reflective. Rather than presenting a carefully polished public image,
Speaker 1: she frequently shared whatever happened to be on her mind.
Speaker 1: That openness helped followers feel they knew her. Looking back
Speaker 1: after her death, investigators and many members of the public
Speaker 1: would revisit those posts with entirely different eyes. Messages that
Speaker 1: once appeared ordinary suddenly seemed to carry new meaning. Not
Speaker 1: because they predicted the future with certainty, but because hindsight
Speaker 1: changes the way people interpret words written before tragedy. As
Speaker 1: detectives reconstructed the final weeks of her life, those social
Speaker 1: media posts became part of a much larger timeline. They
Speaker 1: did not tell the entire story, but they helped establish
Speaker 1: the emotional landscape. Leading into June twenty twenty six, investigators
Speaker 1: also began examining another important part of Teagan's life, her
Speaker 1: relationship with del Mar to Verrez Eugene Black. According to
Speaker 1: publicly available information, Delmar was interested in building an online
Speaker 1: presence through gaming content and live streaming. Like many aspiring creators,
Speaker 1: he hoped to grow an audience. Relationships are complicated from
Speaker 1: the outside. Very few people ever know exactly what happens
Speaker 1: between two partners behind closed doors. Investigators therefore focused not
Speaker 1: on assumptions, but on evidence. Witness statements, digital records, surveillance footage,
Speaker 1: physical evidence collected at the scene. Each piece would become
Speaker 1: part of a growing investigative timeline. As detectives continued assembling
Speaker 1: that timeline, another event from Tegan's passed demanded renewed attention.
Speaker 1: Five years before Mercer University Drive, someone had already tried
Speaker 1: to kill her. The similarities were impossible to ignore, yet
Speaker 1: the circumstances could not have been more different. That earlier
Speaker 1: attack had occurred inside the place where she should have
Speaker 1: felt safest, her own home, and what happened that night
Speaker 1: would forever define how many people remembered Teagan Jones. Five
Speaker 1: years before, investigators placed evidence markers across a busy roadway
Speaker 1: in another crime scene had forced deputies to ask many
Speaker 1: of the same questions. Who would want to harm Tiagan Jones?
Speaker 1: And why? It was twenty twenty one. The day had ended,
Speaker 1: much like countless others. Inside the home, the routine of
Speaker 1: family life was winding down. The evening had settled into
Speaker 1: the quiet rhythm that comes when children prepare for sleep outside.
Speaker 1: There was nothing to suggest that danger was approaching. Then
Speaker 1: everything changed. Without warning, gunfire erupted. The first shots shattered
Speaker 1: the silence. More followed almost immediately. Investigators would later determine
Speaker 1: that multiple rounds had been fired toward the residence. Windows broke,
Speaker 1: bullets tore through walls. Household belongings were struck as projectiles
Speaker 1: ripped across rooms where children had been only moments before.
Speaker 1: Inside the home, confusion turned instantly into survival. There was
Speaker 1: no time to understand who was shooting, no time to
Speaker 1: look outside, no time to gather belongings. There was only
Speaker 1: time to react. According to Tegan's own account, after the attack,
Speaker 1: her instinct was immediate. She rushed to her children, got
Speaker 1: them out on the floor, and covered them with her
Speaker 1: own body. It was a decision made in seconds, a
Speaker 1: mother's attempt to place herself between six children and an
Speaker 1: unknown threat. The shooting continued, each report echoed through the
Speaker 1: house as bullets penetrated walls and windows. Every second seemed
Speaker 1: longer than the last. Later, Teagan described calling emergency services
Speaker 1: during the attack, pleading for deputies to come quickly because
Speaker 1: someone was shooting into her home. When the gunfire finally stopped,
Speaker 1: the silence felt almost unreal. Only then could the family
Speaker 1: begin to understand what had happened. Deputies arriving at the
Speaker 1: scene encountered evidence of a frightening assault. Investigators documented shell
Speaker 1: casings outside the residence and carefully examined the damage throughout
Speaker 1: the home. Bullet holes marked multiple areas of the house,
Speaker 1: windows had been shattered, personal property had been damaged. Yet,
Speaker 1: amid the destruction was something remarkable. None of the six
Speaker 1: children had been struck. Teagan herself had also survived without
Speaker 1: a gunshot wound. For investigators, that outcome seemed almost impossible,
Speaker 1: Considering ring the volume of gunfire directed toward an occupied home,
Speaker 1: The physical evidence demonstrated just how close the family had
Speaker 1: come to tragedy. For Tegan, however, the experience was deeply personal.
Speaker 1: She had washed bullets tear through the place where her
Speaker 1: children slept. Home is supposed to represent safety, after that night,
Speaker 1: it could never feel exactly the same. Detectives worked to
Speaker 1: determine who was responsible. As with many investigations, they began
Speaker 1: by asking a fundamental question, did the victim know anyone
Speaker 1: who might wish to harm her? According to reports at
Speaker 1: the time, Teagan told investigators she could not think of
Speaker 1: anyone who would want to carry out such an attack.
Speaker 1: Without clear answers, the investigation faced immediate challenges. Was the
Speaker 1: house intentionally targeted? Had someone made a terrible mistake? Was
Speaker 1: there a motive? Investigators had not yet uncovered. Those questions lingered.
Speaker 1: Years later, when news spread that Teagan had once again
Speaker 1: become the victim of gun violence, many people remembered that
Speaker 1: earlier attack. The coincidence was striking twice gunfire had entered
Speaker 1: her life. Twice she had fought to survive, but investigators
Speaker 1: found no public evidence establishing that the twenty twenty one
Speaker 1: shooting was connected to the events of June twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1: The earlier attack remained a separate chapter in her life.
Speaker 1: Even so, it became impossible to tell Teagan's story without
Speaker 1: acknowledging it. Friends and members of the community remembered her
Speaker 1: as someone who kept moving forward despite extraordinary hardship. She
Speaker 1: continued raising her children, She continued creating music, She continued working,
Speaker 1: She continued trying to build a future. Life. Rarely returns
Speaker 1: to normal after surviving violence, but many survivors attempt to
Speaker 1: rebuild peace by piece. That appeared to be what Teagan
Speaker 1: was doing. Over the following years, social media became one
Speaker 1: of the places where that determination was most visible. She
Speaker 1: promoted songs, shared updates about work, posted jokes, commented on
Speaker 1: every day frustrations, encouraged people to support her projects. For
Speaker 1: followers scrolling through their phones, many of those posts looked
Speaker 1: like ordinary moments from the life of an independent artist
Speaker 1: balancing work and family. Nothing about them appeared destined to
Speaker 1: become evidence. Yet after June twenty twenty six, investigators and
Speaker 1: later the public began placing those posts into chronological order.
Speaker 1: Patterns started to emerge, not proof of a crime, not
Speaker 1: direct evidence of violence, but signs that a relationship may
Speaker 1: have been reaching a breaking point. One message urged people
Speaker 1: not to allow others unlimited access to their lives. Another
Speaker 1: suggested that disrespect in a relationship would not be tolerated.
Speaker 1: At the time they were written, followers largely interpreted them
Speaker 1: as expressions of personality, confident, humorous, and outspoken. Only after
Speaker 1: Teagan's death did many wonder whether those words reflected decisions
Speaker 1: she had already begun making. Investigators were careful not to
Speaker 1: treat social media as a substitute for evidence. Posts can
Speaker 1: be misunderstood, They can be exaggerated, They can be directed
Speaker 1: at situations entirely different from what outsiders assume. Still, when
Speaker 1: combined with witness interviews and the timeline detectives were constructing,
Speaker 1: they helped provide context for the days before June seventh. Contexts, however,
Speaker 1: is not the same as conclusion. Detectives still needed to
Speaker 1: answer the most important questions using verifiable evidence. Who saw
Speaker 1: the confrontation, what happened minute by minute, what physical evidence existed,
Speaker 1: what surveillance cameras had captured, and what happened after the
Speaker 1: shooting that transformed an assault investigation into a massive law
Speaker 1: enforcement operation stretching across Making the answers would begin with
Speaker 1: the final ordinary day of Tiagan Joanes's life. At the time,
Speaker 1: she had no way of knowing it would be remembered
Speaker 1: that way. Neither did anyone who interacted with her. For them,
Speaker 1: it was simply another day. Only later would every post,
Speaker 1: every movement, and every decision from those final twenty four
Speaker 1: hours be examined in extraordinary detail. The final full day
Speaker 1: of Tigan Joan's life did not begin with flashing lights
Speaker 1: or police sirens. It began the way so many of
Speaker 1: her days had begun before, with work. For Tigan, work
Speaker 1: was not limited to a single job or a single
Speaker 1: source of income. Like many independent artists trying to support
Speaker 1: a family, she wore multiple hats at once. Hour might
Speaker 1: be spent promoting a new song, Another could be devoted
Speaker 1: to arranging fruit platters for customers. Later, she might be
Speaker 1: driving passengers through Macon as an uber driver, hoping every
Speaker 1: completed trip brought her a little closer to covering the
Speaker 1: next bill. It was a demanding routine, but according to
Speaker 1: those who knew her, it was one she embraced because
Speaker 1: six children depended on her. On June sixth, twenty twenty six,
Speaker 1: she shared a post that reflected that determination. She wrote
Speaker 1: that she would be driving uber throughout the night, adding
Speaker 1: that her passengers were going to hear about her music.
Speaker 1: It was a simple message, part promotion, part humor, part
Speaker 1: reminder that every opportunity mattered. There was nothing in that
Speaker 1: post that suggested the following day would become the final
Speaker 1: chapter of her life. Looking back, however, investigators would place
Speaker 1: it near the end of a timeline that had become
Speaker 1: increasingly important. The days before June seventh also contained several
Speaker 1: social media posts that attracted attention after her death. In one,
Speaker 1: Teagan encouraged people not to believe they would always have
Speaker 1: unlimited access to someone's life. In another, she suggested that
Speaker 1: disrespect within a relationship had consequences. Those messages spread widely
Speaker 1: after news of the shooting. Many readers interpreted them as
Speaker 1: signs that she had decided to end a relationship. Investigators, however,
Speaker 1: focused on what they could prove rather than what people believed.
Speaker 1: Social media can provide context, it cannot establish guilt. To
Speaker 1: understand what happened on June seventh, detectives needed witness testimony,
Speaker 1: surveillance footage, forensic evidence, and a precise sequence of events.
Speaker 1: As investigators reconstructed the afternoon, a picture gradually emerged. At
Speaker 1: some point that day, Teagan and del Mar Tavrez Eugene
Speaker 1: Black were together near businesses along Mercer University Drive in Macon.
Speaker 1: The area was familiar to countless local residents, gas stations,
Speaker 1: convenience stores, busy traffic, people stopping briefly before continuing with
Speaker 1: their day. Witnesses reported that an argument developed between the two.
Speaker 1: Arguments themselves are not uncommon every day. Disagreements occur in
Speaker 1: public places across the country, most in without violence. What
Speaker 1: mattered to investigators was how this one unfolded. According to
Speaker 1: witness accounts, the confrontation escalated. At some point Tegan's belongings
Speaker 1: were removed from a vehicle and thrown onto the ground
Speaker 1: in the parking lot. For detectives, this detail helped establish
Speaker 1: the progression of events before the shooting. It suggested the
Speaker 1: disagreement had become public and emotionally charged. People nearby could
Speaker 1: see it. Some could hear portions of the confrontation. Then
Speaker 1: came the moment that would become central to the investigation.
Speaker 1: Witnesses reported that Teagan turned and ran. That detail appeared
Speaker 1: repeatedly in investigators' early findings. She was moving away from
Speaker 1: the confrontation, away from the parking lot, away from Delmar.
Speaker 1: The exact number of seconds that followed would be impossible
Speaker 1: to recreate perfectly, but according to investigators, a gunshot was fired.
Speaker 1: The bullet struck Teagan in her lower left leg. Although
Speaker 1: the wound was not immediately fatal, its consequences were devastating.
Speaker 1: Injured and attempting to escape, she stumbled into the roadway.
Speaker 1: Traffic on Mercer University Drive continued u'd moving drivers had
Speaker 1: only moments to react. One vehicle was unable to stop
Speaker 1: before striking her. For investigators, the sequence of events became
Speaker 1: critically important. The gunshot and the collision were not separate incidents.
Speaker 1: They were connected. Authorities alleged that the shooting directly placed
Speaker 1: Teagan in the path of oncoming traffic while she was
Speaker 1: attempting to flee. Emergency calls reached dispatch at approximately five
Speaker 1: thirty three that afternoon. Deputies, firefighters, and emergency medical personnel
Speaker 1: responded rapidly. When first responders arrived, they found Teagan seriously injured.
Speaker 1: She had suffered a gunshot wound and injuries consistent with
Speaker 1: being struck by a vehicle. Medical personnel immediately began life
Speaker 1: saving efforts at the scene. Moments like these are often chaotic.
Speaker 1: Traffic must be stopped, witnesses, separated, evidence, preserved, victims stabilized.
Speaker 1: Investigators knew from experience that every minute mattered not only
Speaker 1: for the victim's survival, but also for preserving the integrity
Speaker 1: of the investigation. As paramedics prepared Teagan for transport to
Speaker 1: Yttrium Health Navisent Hospital, deputies began speaking with witnesses. Some
Speaker 1: had seen the argument, others had witnessed the shooting. Still
Speaker 1: others had observed what happened immediately afterward. Each statement represented
Speaker 1: another piece of a timeline investigators were working to build.
Speaker 1: One question quickly emerged, where was the suspected shooter? Witnesses
Speaker 1: indicated that del Mar had left the area. That transformed
Speaker 1: the situation. Detectives were no longer investigating only a violent
Speaker 1: crime scene. They were also searching for an armed suspect
Speaker 1: who had fled within minutes. Information was being shared across
Speaker 1: law enforcement channels, descriptions of the suspect, descriptions of the vehicle,
Speaker 1: possible travel routes. Investigators also began collecting surveillance footage from
Speaker 1: nearby business. Doctors would soon begin their own race against time.
Speaker 1: For Teagan's family, the hours ahead would become filled with
Speaker 1: anxious phone calls, hospital corridors, and hoped that somehow she
Speaker 1: would survive once again. Five years earlier, she had survived
Speaker 1: a barrage of bullets that tore through her home. Could
Speaker 1: she survive this as well? At that moment, no one
Speaker 1: knew the answer. But even as surgeons and medical staff
Speaker 1: prepared to treat Teagan, investigators were about to make an
Speaker 1: important breakthrough. Technology was beginning to reveal where the suspect
Speaker 1: had gone, and before the evening was over, the search
Speaker 1: would escalate into a tense confrontation involving deputies, tactical officers,
Speaker 1: and gunfire once again. As emergency physicians worked to stabilize
Speaker 1: Teagan Jones, the investigation was unfolding on two fronts. One
Speaker 1: team remained at Mercer University Drive, documenting every detail that
Speaker 1: might later help explain what had happened, another was focused
Speaker 1: on finding the man investigators believe had fled the scene.
Speaker 1: Crime scene technicians photographed the parking lot and the surrounding roadway.
Speaker 1: Investigators marked areas of interest and began collecting physical evidence,
Speaker 1: while deputies continued interviewing witnesses. Each account was compared with
Speaker 1: the others, looking for points of agreement and identifying details
Speaker 1: that required further verification. Time mattered. The longer an armed
Speaker 1: suspect remained at large, the greater the concern for public safety.
Speaker 1: According to the bib County Share Office, investigators identified the
Speaker 1: vehicle associated with del mar to Verrez Eugene Black as
Speaker 1: a silver Buick Enclay. Detectives then turned to technology that
Speaker 1: has become an increasingly important part of modern criminal investigations,
Speaker 1: license plate recognition cameras. Known in many jurisdictions as flock
Speaker 1: camera systems, These cameras automatically record passing license plates, allowing
Speaker 1: investigators to trace a vehicle's movement after a crime has occurred.
Speaker 1: They cannot explain why a vehicle traveled somewhere, but they
Speaker 1: can help establish where it was seen and when. As
Speaker 1: investigators reviewed the available data, a possible route began to emerge.
Speaker 1: The vehicle appeared to be traveling south. Deputies coordinated with
Speaker 1: patrol units across the area, sharing updates as new information
Speaker 1: came in. Rather than relying solely on chance, they were
Speaker 1: now following a trail built from digital records and real
Speaker 1: time coordination. Meanwhile, inside the hospital, Teagan's condition remained critical.
Speaker 1: Doctors and nurses focused on treating the injuries she had sustained.
Speaker 1: Outside the treatment areas, family members faced the uncertainty familiar
Speaker 1: to so many families waiting for news after a violent crime.
Speaker 1: There were questions no one could yet answer. Would she recover,
Speaker 1: had the injuries caused irreversible damage? What exactly had witnesses
Speaker 1: seen during those final moments before emergency crews arrived. Those
Speaker 1: answers would come only with time. Back on the streets
Speaker 1: of Macon, deputies continued searching. At approximately seven thirty five
Speaker 1: that evening, investigators located the silver Buick Enclave at a
Speaker 1: Marathon gas station on Harrison Road. After hours of uncertainty,
Speaker 1: they had finally found the vehicle, but finding it was
Speaker 1: only the beginning. According to authorities, del Mar was still inside.
Speaker 1: Deputies approached cautiously. Every movement had to be deliberate. Every
Speaker 1: decision had to consider the possibility that the suspect remained armed.
Speaker 1: Law enforcement officers issued commands instructing him to stop and
Speaker 1: surrender peacefully. Authorities later stated that those commands were ignored. Instead,
Speaker 1: the situation escalated rapidly. Investigators alleged that del Mar displayed
Speaker 1: a firearm and drove away, forcing deputies to begin a pursuit.
Speaker 1: Vehicle pursuits are among the most dangerous situations officers encounter.
Speaker 1: They require balancing two competing priorities, apprehending a suspect while
Speaker 1: minimizing the risk to the public. According to the Sheriff's office,
Speaker 1: the pursuit was relatively brief. Deputies eventually used a precision
Speaker 1: immobilization technique commonly known as a pit maneuver, to bring
Speaker 1: the suv to a stop on Harrison Road south of
Speaker 1: Chambers Road. For a moment, it appeared the pursuit had ended,
Speaker 1: it had not. Authorities reported that Delmar remained inside the
Speaker 1: disabled vehicle and refused repeated commands to exit. Then, investigators
Speaker 1: allege gunfire erupted once again. This time the target was
Speaker 1: law enforcement. According to the Sheriff's office, Delmar fired from
Speaker 1: inside the vehicle toward deputies positioned around him. The situation
Speaker 1: changed instantly. What had begun as an effort to arrest
Speaker 1: a suspect had become an armed standoff. Deputies established a
Speaker 1: secure perimeter around the vehicle. Additional resources were requested. Among
Speaker 1: those responding were members of the SWAT team, crisis negotiators,
Speaker 1: and specialized personnel trained to handle high risk incidents. The
Speaker 1: objective was clear, resolve the situation without further loss of
Speaker 1: life if possible. Negotiators attempted to communicate with Delmar, urging
Speaker 1: him to surrender peacefully. From the outside, these moments often
Speaker 1: appear quiet. Television cameras sometimes show little more than park
Speaker 1: patrol vehicles and officers holding positions, But beneath that stillness
Speaker 1: is constant activity. Communication between tactical teams, assessment of potential risks,
Speaker 1: planning for multiple possible outcomes. Every decision is weighed carefully
Speaker 1: because a single mistake can have irreversible consequences. As the
Speaker 1: standoff continued, investigators also had another responsibility preserving the integrity
Speaker 1: of the original case. Evidence from the shooting scene, witness statements,
Speaker 1: surveillance footage, and forensic findings all had to be carefully documented.
Speaker 1: Whatever happened during the standoff would become a separate, but
Speaker 1: closely related part of the investigation. Eventually, after prolonged efforts
Speaker 1: by law enforcement, del Mar was taken into custody. According
Speaker 1: to authorities, a firearm was recovered at the scene. He
Speaker 1: was treated for injuries sustained during his apprehension before being
Speaker 1: transported from medical care. The immediate danger had ended, but
Speaker 1: for investigators, the work was only beginning. Now that the
Speaker 1: suspect was in custody, detectives could begin the painstaking process
Speaker 1: of assembling every piece of evidence into a complete timeline.
Speaker 1: Witness statements would be compared against surveillance footage, Forensic evidence
Speaker 1: would be analyzed, digital records would be reviewed, and prosecutors
Speaker 1: would eventually determine what criminal charges the evidence supported. At
Speaker 1: the same time, another struggle continued behind hospital doors. Teagan
Speaker 1: Jones was still alive. Her fight was not over. For
Speaker 1: five days, doctors work to save her while her family
Speaker 1: waited and hoped that the woman who had once survived
Speaker 1: a barrage of gunfire in her own home might overcome
Speaker 1: impossible odds once again. The outcome of that fight would
Speaker 1: determine not only her family's future, but also the direction
Speaker 1: of the creminal case itself. For the next five days,
Speaker 1: the pace of the investigation slowed in one sense and
Speaker 1: intensified in another. The search was over, the suspect was
Speaker 1: in custody, The immediate threat to the public had ended,
Speaker 1: But the most important question remained unanswered. Wh Teganjones survived
Speaker 1: Inside Atrium Health Navison Hospital, physicians continued treating the injuries
Speaker 1: she had suffered. Medical staff worked around the clock, monitoring
Speaker 1: her condition and responding to every change Outside the intensive
Speaker 1: care unit, time seemed to move differently. Family members waited,
Speaker 1: phones ran constantly, Relatives spoke in quiet voices. Friends searched
Speaker 1: for updates, hoping for encouraging news that never seemed to
Speaker 1: come quickly enough. For investigators, the uncertainty created a unique challenge.
Speaker 1: The evidence collected from the crime scene pointed toward a
Speaker 1: violent confrontation. Witness statements had been recorded, physical evidence had
Speaker 1: been secured, the suspect had been arrested. Yet the legal
Speaker 1: future of the case still depended on something no detective
Speaker 1: could control, Teagan's condition. If she we survived, prosecutors would
Speaker 1: pursue the charges supported by the evidence available at that time.
Speaker 1: If she did not, the case would change dramatically. During
Speaker 1: those five days, detectives continued strengthening their investigation. Witnesses were
Speaker 1: interviewed more than once to clarify details and resolve inconsistencies.
Speaker 1: Investigators reviewed surveillance footage from nearby businesses, comparing timestamps with
Speaker 1: emergency calls, and officer body camera recordings were available. Each
Speaker 1: minute of June seventh was reconstructed as carefully as possible.
Speaker 1: The goal was not simply to understand what had happened.
Speaker 1: It was to establish what could be proven beyond a
Speaker 1: reasonable doubt. Investigators also examined the relationship between Teagan and
Speaker 1: del Mar in greater detail. Cases involving violence between people
Speaker 1: who know one another often required detectives to piece together
Speaker 1: weeks or months of interactions, rather than focusing only on
Speaker 1: a single afternoon. They reviewed publicly available social media posts.
Speaker 1: They examined the sequence of events leading to the confrontation.
Speaker 1: They interviewed individuals who could provide information about their real relationship.
Speaker 1: Every investigation follows the evidence. Sometimes that evidence confirms initial assumptions,
Speaker 1: sometimes it challenges them. Experienced detectives understand that conclusions must
Speaker 1: come from facts, not expectations. Meanwhile, news of the shooting
Speaker 1: spread rapidly throughout making. Many people recognized Teagan from her
Speaker 1: music or from social media. Others knew her as a
Speaker 1: hard working mother raising six children. As details emerged, another
Speaker 1: part of her story resurfaced. The twenty twenty one shooting
Speaker 1: reports reminded the public that this was the same woman
Speaker 1: who had once shielded her children during an attack on
Speaker 1: their home. For many, the comparison was impossible to ignore.
Speaker 1: She had survived one extraordinary act of violence. Now she
Speaker 1: was fighting for her life after another. Community members expressed
Speaker 1: shock and sympathy. Messages of support appeared online. Friends described
Speaker 1: her determination and work ethic. Others reflected on the challenges
Speaker 1: she had faced while trying to provide for her family
Speaker 1: and pursue her creative ambitions. But while the public followed
Speaker 1: developments from a distance, Taigin's loved ones faced a far
Speaker 1: more personal reality. They were waiting for a recovery that
Speaker 1: became increasingly uncertain. Then, on June twelfth, twenty twenty six,
Speaker 1: five days after the shooting, investigators received the update they
Speaker 1: had feared. Teagan Jones had died from her injuries. According
Speaker 1: to Bibb County corner Leon Jones. She was pronounced deceased
Speaker 1: that evening. The news marked a devastating turning point for
Speaker 1: her family. It meant the loss of a daughter, a friend,
Speaker 1: an artist, and a mother of six children. For investigators,
Speaker 1: it fundamentally changed the criminal investigation. A case that had
Speaker 1: begun as a shooting resulting in serious injuries was now
Speaker 1: a homicide investigation. Authorities announced that the charges against del
Speaker 1: Mar Taverrez Eugene Black would be upgraded to include murder.
Speaker 1: The legal process entered a new face. Although an arrest
Speaker 1: had already been made, prosecutors now faced the responsibility of
Speaker 1: presenting evidence capable of supporting the more serious charge. As
Speaker 1: in every criminal case, the prosecution would bear the burden
Speaker 1: of proving its allegations in court, and arrest is not
Speaker 1: a conviction. Charges represent accusations that must ultimately be tested
Speaker 1: through the justice system. In the days following Teagan's death,
Speaker 1: attention returned to the life she had lived, rather than
Speaker 1: only the circumstances of her death. She had worked multiple
Speaker 1: jobs while pursuing music she had public Most importantly, she
Speaker 1: had devoted herself to raising six children. That reality became
Speaker 1: one of the most painful aspects of the case. Five
Speaker 1: years before her death, she had protected those same children
Speaker 1: by placing herself between them and gunfire. Now they faced
Speaker 1: life without the mother who had once risked everything to
Speaker 1: keep them safe. For investigators, however, there was still work
Speaker 1: to do. Every report needed to be finalized, Every piece
Speaker 1: of evidence needed to be cataloged. Every witness statement needed
Speaker 1: to be carefully preserved. Because the next chapter would not
Speaker 1: unfold at the crime scene or the hospital. It would
Speaker 1: unfold in court, where prosecutors and defense attorneys would examine
Speaker 1: the evidence, challenge one another's arguments, and ask a jury or,
Speaker 1: depending on how the case proceeded, a judge, to determine
Speaker 1: whether the evidence established criminal responsibility beyond a reasonable doubt.
Speaker 1: Long after the emergency vehicles had left Mercer University Drive,
Speaker 1: the search for legal accountability was only beginning. As the
Speaker 1: criminal case moved forward, investigators shifted from responding to an
Speaker 1: emergency to preparing for the long process of prosecution. The
Speaker 1: flashing lights had disappeared, the crime scene tape had been removed,
Speaker 1: Traffic once again flowed through Mercer University Drive to someone
Speaker 1: driving past. Days later, there was little to indicate that
Speaker 1: the roadway had recently become the center of a homicide investigation.
Speaker 1: But inside the offices of detectives and prosecutors, the case
Speaker 1: remained very much alive. Every photograph taken at the scene
Speaker 1: was reviewed again, Every witness statement was organized into chronological order.
Speaker 1: Every piece of physical evidence was logged, examined, and preserved
Speaker 1: according to procedure. Building a homicide case is rarely about
Speaker 1: one dramatic discovery. More often, it is about assembling dozens,
Speaker 1: sometimes hundreds, of individual facts into a clear and reliable
Speaker 1: account of what happened. Investigators revisited the timeline repeatedly. What
Speaker 1: time had the argument begun? When had witnesses first observed
Speaker 1: the confrontation, How long had it lasted before Teagan attempted
Speaker 1: to leave? Where had each witness been standing? Could their
Speaker 1: accounts be corroborated by surveillance footage? Were their inconsistencies that
Speaker 1: required additional interviews. These were the questions detectives routinely ask,
Speaker 1: not because they doubt every witness, but because memories can differ,
Speaker 1: especially during stressful events. The objective is to compare independent
Speaker 1: accounts with objective evidence whenever possible. Technology again played an
Speaker 1: important role surveillance cameras from nearby businesses helped establish movements
Speaker 1: before and after the confrontation. License Plate recognition data documented
Speaker 1: the suspected vehicle's route after the shooting. Dispatch records created
Speaker 1: an exact timeline of emergency calls and officer responses. Together,
Speaker 1: these records formed a framework that investigators could compare against
Speaker 1: witness testimony. Meanwhile, prosecutors began evaluating the evidence that would
Speaker 1: eventually be presented in court. Their responsibility extended beyond believing
Speaker 1: a crime had occurred. They needed to determine whether the
Speaker 1: available evidence could satisfy the legal standard required for conviction.
Speaker 1: That process often involves careful review of forensic findings, witness credibility,
Speaker 1: and the sequence of events leading to the alleged defense.
Speaker 1: Defense attorneys, in turn, would have the opportunity to examine
Speaker 1: that same evidence, challenge its interpretation, question witnesses, and advocate
Speaker 1: on behalf of their client. This adversarial process is a
Speaker 1: cornerstone of the criminal justice system, designed to ensure that
Speaker 1: allegations are tested through evidence rather than assumption. Outside the
Speaker 1: court room, however, the case had already become deeply personal
Speaker 1: for many people. Community members continued sharing memories of Teagan.
Speaker 1: Friends remembered her persistence. Others recalled her efforts to support
Speaker 1: her children while pursuing music independently. Many described someone who
Speaker 1: refused to let difficult circumstances define her future. Those recollections
Speaker 1: painted a picture of a woman whose life life extended
Speaker 1: far beyond the final headlines. It is often the nature
Speaker 1: of high profile crimes that the final moments receive the
Speaker 1: greatest public attention. Yet for the people who knew Teagan,
Speaker 1: those moments represented only a small part of her story.
Speaker 1: She was a mother, an artist, an entrepreneur trying to
Speaker 1: create opportunities wherever she could find them, someone who balanced
Speaker 1: creative ambitions with the practical demands of everyday life. Those
Speaker 1: realities remained important even as legal proceedings focused primarily on
Speaker 1: the events of June seventh. The case also prompted broader
Speaker 1: conversations about intimate partner violence and the dangers that can
Speaker 1: arise when someone attempts to leave a relationship. Advocates have
Speaker 1: long noted that the period during or immediately after separation
Speaker 1: can be one of heightened risk in abusive relationships. Each
Speaker 1: situation is unique, and investigators determine facts on a case
Speaker 1: by case basis, but many observers saw Tegan's case as
Speaker 1: a reminder of how quickly public arguments can escalate into
Speaker 1: irreversible violence. For her six children, however, those broader discussions
Speaker 1: could never replace what had been lost years earlier. They
Speaker 1: had survived in attack because their mother acted without hesitation.
Speaker 1: According to her own account, she covered them with her
Speaker 1: body as bullets entered their home. That act became one
Speaker 1: of the defining moments of her life. It demonstrated courage
Speaker 1: under unimaginable circumstances. Five years later, those same children faced
Speaker 1: the future without her presence. No investigation, no court proceeding,
Speaker 1: and no verdict could undo that loss. The criminal justice
Speaker 1: system can determine legal responsibility, it cannot restore what has
Speaker 1: been taken. As the legal process continued, the evidence collected
Speaker 1: by investigators would be scrutinized in detail. Witness testimony, forensic analysis,
Speaker 1: digital records, the actions of responding officers, medical findings. Each
Speaker 1: would contribute to the effort to establish exactly what occurred
Speaker 1: on June seventh, twenty twenty six. The outcome of those
Speaker 1: proceedings would become another chapter in a story that had
Speaker 1: already left a lasting impact on a family and a community, because,
Speaker 1: in the end, every case file represents far more than
Speaker 1: evidence and legal documents. It represents a human life interrupted,
Speaker 1: a family forever changed, and questions that continued to echo
Speaker 1: long after the headline's fade. As the investigation continued, the
Speaker 1: focus returned again and again to the same question, how
Speaker 1: did a confrontation between two people who knew each other
Speaker 1: become a case of homicide? The answer would not come
Speaker 1: from a single piece of evidence. It would come from
Speaker 1: the entire timeline, from the moments before the shooting, from
Speaker 1: the decisions made during those final seconds, and from the
Speaker 1: evidence collected afterward. Investigators understood that the most important part
Speaker 1: of any case is not only what happened, but what
Speaker 1: can be proven. The difference between suspicion and certainty is
Speaker 1: evidence that principle guided the investigation into Tigan Jones's death.
Speaker 1: The first major piece of that timeline was the location itself.
Speaker 1: Mercer University Drive was not a hidden or isolated place.
Speaker 1: It was a public area, surrounded by businesses and regular traffic.
Speaker 1: That meant there were people nearby who could provide information
Speaker 1: about what happened. Witnesses became critical. Some had seen the disagreement.
Speaker 1: Some had observed Tigan's movements, some had seen what happened
Speaker 1: immediately after the gunshot. Their accounts helped investigators understand the
Speaker 1: sequence of events from multiple perspectives. But witnesses are only
Speaker 1: one part of an investigation. Detectives also examined the physical
Speaker 1: evidence left behind at a crime scene. Every detail matters
Speaker 1: the position of objects, the location of evidence, the condition
Speaker 1: of vehicles, the timing of emergency calls. Each detail can
Speaker 1: help answer questions that may not have obvious answers. Investigators
Speaker 1: also had to examine the actions of del Mar, Taverrez
Speaker 1: Eugene Black after the shooting. According to authorities, he did
Speaker 1: not remain at the scene. Instead, he left the area
Speaker 1: in the Silver Buick enclave. That decision became an important
Speaker 1: part of the investigation. When a suspect leaves the location
Speaker 1: of a violent crime, detectives must determine why was it
Speaker 1: an attempt to escape? Was there another explanation. Those questions
Speaker 1: are answered through evidence gathered during the investigation. In this case,
Speaker 1: authorities use technology to help locate the vehicle, the license
Speaker 1: plate recognition system provided. According to law enforcement officials, Delmar
Speaker 1: refused commands to surrender and a pursuit followed. The later
Speaker 1: confrontation with deputies became a separate critical event. Authorities reported
Speaker 1: that after being stopped, Delmar remained inside the vehicle and
Speaker 1: fired at officers. A sweat response followed. Crisis negotiators attempted communication.
Speaker 1: Officers worked to bring the situation to an end without
Speaker 1: additional casualties. Eventually, del Mar was taken into custody. For investigators,
Speaker 1: this meant the immediate search had ended, but it also
Speaker 1: created additional questions. What happened during the confrontation, What evidence
Speaker 1: would support each allegation, What would prosecutors present in court?
Speaker 1: Every action taken during those hours would eventually be examined.
Speaker 1: Law enforcement encounters are reviewed carefully because every decision made
Speaker 1: during a high risk situation carries legal and procedural consequences. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: the loss of Tigan Jones continued to affect those who
Speaker 1: knew her. As people reflected on her life, many returned
Speaker 1: to the same theme her determination, her independence, her commitment
Speaker 1: to her children, her belief in her own ability to
Speaker 1: create something better. The public often learns about victims through
Speaker 1: the circumstances of their deaths, but investigators, families, and communities
Speaker 1: know that a person's story began long before the crime
Speaker 1: that ended their life. Teagan's story included years of effort
Speaker 1: that happened away from cameras, long nights working, time spent
Speaker 1: creating music, moments with her children, the ordinary experiences that
Speaker 1: never become headlines. Those details mattered because they showed who
Speaker 1: was lost. A homicide investigation answers legal questions, but a
Speaker 1: person's memory is carried through the stories shared by those
Speaker 1: who loved them. As the case moved closer toward court proceedings,
Speaker 1: prosecutors would face the responsibility of presenting a complete picture,
Speaker 1: not only what happened on June seventh, but how the
Speaker 1: evidence connected each event together. The argument, the shooting, the escape,
Speaker 1: the search, the arrest, the death, the charges. Each part
Speaker 1: formed a chain, and prosecutors would have to demonstrate that
Speaker 1: changed clearly. For the defense, the responsibility would be different.
Speaker 1: They would examine the evidence, challenge interpretations, and test the
Speaker 1: strength of the prosecution's case. That is how the justice
Speaker 1: system operates. Two sides presenting arguments, evidence examined under strict rules,
Speaker 1: facts separated from assumptions, and ultimately a decision made through
Speaker 1: the legal process. But beyond the court room, another reality remained.
Speaker 1: Six children had lost their mother, a community had lost
Speaker 1: someone many described as determined and ambitious, and a woman
Speaker 1: who had once survived one act of violence had become
Speaker 1: the victim of another. The question of what happened legally
Speaker 1: would be decided through the courts, but the emotional impact
Speaker 1: of Teagan Joones's death had already been felt, and it
Speaker 1: would continue long after the investigation files were closed. Because
Speaker 1: some cases are remembered not only because of what happened.
Speaker 1: They are remembered because of who the person was before
Speaker 1: it happened. The final chapter of an investigation is but
Speaker 1: for the families left behind, the process is rarely that simple.
Speaker 1: For Tigan Jones loved Ones, the justice system could answer
Speaker 1: questions about responsibility, but it could not answer the most
Speaker 1: painful question of all, why did this happen? That question
Speaker 1: would remain with them. In the weeks and months following
Speaker 1: Teagan's death, attention continued to return to the life she
Speaker 1: had built before she became known as the victim in
Speaker 1: a homicide investigation. She was a mother trying to provide
Speaker 1: for six children. She was an artist trying to create
Speaker 1: opportunities without the support of a major company behind her.
Speaker 1: She was someone who worked multiple jobs while still making
Speaker 1: time for her creative goals. Her music was not simply
Speaker 1: a hobby for Teagan. It represented independence. It represented a
Speaker 1: chance to tell her own story. It represented something she
Speaker 1: had created through determination and persistence. Those who followed her
Speaker 1: online saw that determination regularly. They saw the promotion, the
Speaker 1: late night work updates, the encouragement for people to listen
Speaker 1: to her songs, the moments of humor mixed with frustration.
Speaker 1: They saw someone who was constantly moving forward, and that
Speaker 1: is why many people found the circumstances of her death
Speaker 1: so difficult to understand, because the same person who had
Speaker 1: fought through years of challenges was suddenly gone. The investigation
Speaker 1: into her death also brought renewed attention to the warning
Speaker 1: signs that can exist before violent situations occur. After a tragedy,
Speaker 1: people often look backward. They examine conversations, messages, posts, events
Speaker 1: that seemed ordinary at the time. They search for moments
Speaker 1: that might explain what happened. In Teagan's case, many people
Speaker 1: revisited her social media activity from late May and early
Speaker 1: June of twenty twenty six. Some viewed those posts as
Speaker 1: expressions of frustration with her relationship. Others saw them simply
Speaker 1: as examples of her outspoken personality. Without complete knowledge of
Speaker 1: every private interaction between two people, outsiders can only see
Speaker 1: pieces of a much larger picture. That is why investigators
Speaker 1: rely on evidence rather than interpretation. A social media post
Speaker 1: may provide context, a witness statement may provide information. A
Speaker 1: piece of physical evidence may establish a fact. Together, those
Speaker 1: pieces create an investigative picture. Separately, they may tell only
Speaker 1: part of the story. For TIS de actives working the case,
Speaker 1: the goal was never to create a dramatic narrative. The
Speaker 1: goal was to determine what happened and present the evidence accurately.
Speaker 1: That process requires patience, It requires examining uncomfortable details. It
Speaker 1: requires following facts, even when they lead to difficult conclusions.
Speaker 1: The events of June seventh, twenty twenty six, began with
Speaker 1: an argument, but the investigation revealed a much larger story,
Speaker 1: involving relationships, choices, violence, and the consequences that followed. According
Speaker 1: to authorities, del Mar Tavrez Eugene Black was arrested after
Speaker 1: the confrontation and later faced upgraded charges following Teagan's death.
Speaker 1: The allegations against him would be addressed through the criminal
Speaker 1: justice system. The evidence collected would determine how the case proceeded.
Speaker 1: But regardless of the legal outcome, one fact remained unchanged.
Speaker 1: Tagan Jones was gone, and the impact of that loss
Speaker 1: extended far beyond the crime scene. Her six children would
Speaker 1: have to grow up without the mother who had once
Speaker 1: protected them during a terrifying attack years earlier. They would
Speaker 1: have memories of her voice, her personality, her determination, but
Speaker 1: they would also have to live with the absence created
Speaker 1: by her death. For communities affected by violent crime, this
Speaker 1: is often the part that receives the least attention. The
Speaker 1: investigation may end, the court room may close, the news
Speaker 1: cycle may move on, but families continue living with the consequences.
Speaker 1: Every birthday, every holiday, every important moment becomes a reminder
Speaker 1: of the person who should have been there. That is
Speaker 1: the lasting impact of homicide. It does not end when
Speaker 1: the emergency vehicles leave. It does not end when a
Speaker 1: suspect is arrested. It does not end when a verdict
Speaker 1: is announced. The loss continues. Fortigan Jones, her life was
Speaker 1: defined by more than the final moments captured in police reports.
Speaker 1: She was more than a victim. She was a person
Speaker 1: with dreams, responsibilities, struggles, and accomplishments. She was someone who
Speaker 1: had already survived unimaginable circumstances, someone who had shown courage
Speaker 1: when her children needed her most, someone who continued working
Speaker 1: toward a better future. Her story is a reminder that
Speaker 1: behind every criminal case is a human being whose life
Speaker 1: existed long before investigators arrived. There were ordinary mornings, personal goals,
Speaker 1: private struggles, small victories, moments that never appeared in official documents.
Speaker 1: Those are the details that complete the picture, because a
Speaker 1: case file can describe what happened, but it can never
Speaker 1: fully describe who was lost. As the investigation moved forward
Speaker 1: and the legal process continued, the name Teagan Jones became
Speaker 1: connected to questions of justice and accountability. But for those
Speaker 1: who knew her, her name represented something more. A mother,
Speaker 1: an artist, a survivor, a woman who spent years fighting
Speaker 1: to protect and provide for the people she loved, and
Speaker 1: a life that ended far too soon. The story of
Speaker 1: Tigan Jones is ultimately a story about more than the
Speaker 1: final moments of a life. It is about everything that
Speaker 1: came before. The dreams she carried, the responsibilities she accepted,
Speaker 1: the battles she fought quietly, and the people who were
Speaker 1: left behind after her death. In true crime investigations, the
Speaker 1: focus often turns toward the suspect, the evidence, and the
Speaker 1: legal process. Those elements are necessary. They helped answer questions,
Speaker 1: they help establish accountability. But every investigation begins with a person,
Speaker 1: and in this case, that person was Tegan Jones. Before
Speaker 1: the sirens, before the investigation, before her name appeared in headlines,
Speaker 1: she was a woman building a life. She was raising
Speaker 1: six children. She was creating music independently. She was searching
Speaker 1: for ways to support her family while pursuing something she
Speaker 1: believed in Her path was not easy. Few independent artists
Speaker 1: ever experience success without obstacles. There are financial pressures, personal sacrifices,
Speaker 1: long hours, moments of doubt. But Teagan continued. She created
Speaker 1: her own opportunities when opportunities did not appear, she promoted
Speaker 1: her own work. She managed her own projects. She built
Speaker 1: an audience, one person at a time. For many people
Speaker 1: watching from the outside, ambition can look simple a song,
Speaker 1: a post, a video, a dream, but behind those things
Speaker 1: are usually countless hours of effort that nobody sees. That
Speaker 1: was the reality of Teagan's life. The public saw the
Speaker 1: finished product. They saw the music, they saw the posts,
Speaker 1: they saw the confidence, but they did not always see
Speaker 1: the pressure behind it, the responsibility of caring for six children,
Speaker 1: the need to continue earning income, the constant challenge of
Speaker 1: balancing survival with ambition. Yet according to those who followed her,
Speaker 1: she continued moving forward. That determination was one of the
Speaker 1: strongest themes in the story people told after her death.
Speaker 1: Not perfection, not an easy life, Persistence, the ability to
Speaker 1: continue despite difficulty. That same persistence was visible years earlier
Speaker 1: during the twenty twenty one home shooting. On that night,
Speaker 1: when bullets entered her home, Teagan had only moments to
Speaker 1: make a decision. She chose to protect her children. That
Speaker 1: decision became one of the most remembered parts of her life.
Speaker 1: It showed the instinct many parents described, the willingness to
Speaker 1: place their children before themselves in a moment of danger.
Speaker 1: Five years later, that same mother was no longer able
Speaker 1: to protect herself from the violence that found her, and
Speaker 1: that contrast became one of the most painful parts of
Speaker 1: the case. A woman who had survived one attack became
Speaker 1: the victim of another. A woman who had once saved
Speaker 1: her children lost her own life. A family that had
Speaker 1: once survived together was forced to face a different kind
Speaker 1: of tragedy. As the case continued through the justice system,
Speaker 1: the questions surrounding Teagan's death remained important. Questions about accountability,
Speaker 1: questions about warning signs, questions about how conflicts escalate, questions
Speaker 1: about how communities can better recognize situations that may become dangerous.
Speaker 1: But perhaps the most important lesson from cases like this
Speaker 1: is that every person involved has a story before the tragedy.
Speaker 1: Victims are not defined only by how they died. They
Speaker 1: should be remembered by how they lived. Tagan Jones was
Speaker 1: someone who created, someone who worked, someone who cared for
Speaker 1: her children, someone who refused to abandon her goals. Those
Speaker 1: parts of her story deserve to be remembered alongside the investigation,
Speaker 1: because when a person's life is reduced only to the
Speaker 1: circumstances of their death, something important is lost the person themselves.
Speaker 1: The legal process surrounding Teagan's death would continue, according to
Speaker 1: the evidence and the procedures of the court system. The
Speaker 1: allegations against del Mar of Ours Eugene Black would be
Speaker 1: examined through that process, Witnesses would have their accounts tested,
Speaker 1: evidence would be reviewed arguments would be made, a court
Speaker 1: would ultimately determine the outcome. But outside the court room,
Speaker 1: another process had already begun, the process of remembering family
Speaker 1: members and friends would carry memories that no trial could
Speaker 1: erase the sound of her voice, the way she expressed herself,
Speaker 1: the moments she shared with her children, the dreams she
Speaker 1: was still pursuing. Those memories become the permanent record that
Speaker 1: exists beyond official documents. Because criminal cases eventually leave the
Speaker 1: news cycle, investigations eventually close, court files eventually become archived,
Speaker 1: but families continue carrying the impact. And that is why
Speaker 1: stories like Tigan Jones matter. Not because they provide entertainment,
Speaker 1: not because they create headlines, but because they remind us
Speaker 1: that every statistic represents a person, every crime scene represents
Speaker 1: a life interrupted, Every investigation represents people searching for answers
Speaker 1: after something irreversible has happened. Teagan Jones's story began long
Speaker 1: before June seventh, twenty twenty six, and it deserves to
Speaker 1: be remembered as more than the tragedy that ended it.
Speaker 1: She was a mother, she was an artist, she was
Speaker 1: a survivor, and she was a person whose life had
Speaker 1: meaning beyond the circumstances of her death. The investigation may
Speaker 1: have focused on the final moments, but her legacy was
Speaker 1: created through all the moments before them. After the arrest
Speaker 1: of del Mar to Verrez Eugene Black, investigators were left
Speaker 1: with the responsibility of answering one question above all others,
Speaker 1: what exactly happened during the final moments between Teagan Jones
Speaker 1: and the man accused of killing her. The answer would
Speaker 1: depend on carefully examining every available piece of evidence. The
Speaker 1: confrontation at the Circle K parking lot had become the
Speaker 1: center of the investigation. According to witness accounts, Tegan and
Speaker 1: Delmar were involved in a verbal dispute near the in
Speaker 1: market gas station area on Mercer University Drive. At some
Speaker 1: point during the confrontation, witnesses reported seeing Tegan enter a
Speaker 1: silver buick Enclay. The situation then moved toward the Circle
Speaker 1: K parking lot. It was there investigators said that the
Speaker 1: argument escalated. Witnesses described seeing Tegan's belongings removed from the
Speaker 1: vehicle and thrown onto the ground. For investigators, these details
Speaker 1: helped establish the events immediately before the shooting, but the
Speaker 1: most important moment came next the moment Teagan made the
Speaker 1: decision to leave. Witnesses told investigators that Teagan ran from
Speaker 1: the confrontation. That detail became one of the key elements
Speaker 1: of the case. She was not described as moving toward
Speaker 1: the suspect. She was described as attempting to get away.
Speaker 1: According to authorities, Delmar fired a weapon, striking Teagan in
Speaker 1: the lower left leg. The injury caused her to fall
Speaker 1: into the path of traffic on Mercer University Drive, where
Speaker 1: she was struck by a vehicle. The scene that followed
Speaker 1: was chaotic. Drivers stopped, witnesses reacted, Emergency calls were made.
Speaker 1: Within minutes, the area transformed from a public parking lot
Speaker 1: into an active crime scene. For deputies arriving at the location,
Speaker 1: the first priority was saving Tegan's life. Medical responders provided
Speaker 1: emergency care while law enforcement began securing the area and
Speaker 1: collecting information from those who had witnessed what happened. At
Speaker 1: the same time, another urgent task began finding the person
Speaker 1: investigators believed was responsible. According to authorities, del Mar had
Speaker 1: left the area in the silver buick Enclay. The vehicle
Speaker 1: became a major part of the search. Investigators used available
Speaker 1: technology to track its movements license plate recognition cameras helped
Speaker 1: law enforcement identify the vehicle's path after it left the
Speaker 1: shooting location. The information led deputies to the Marathon gas
Speaker 1: station on Harrison Road. Nearly two hours had passed since
Speaker 1: the shooting. When officers located the vehicle, They believed del
Speaker 1: Mar was inside, but the arrest did not happen peacefully.
Speaker 1: According to law enforcement. When deputies approached, del Mar displayed
Speaker 1: a firearm and refused commands to surrender. The vehicle then
Speaker 1: left the location, leading to a pursuit. For officers involved,
Speaker 1: the situation had become even more dangerous. They were no
Speaker 1: longer searching for a suspect connected to a shooting. They
Speaker 1: were now dealing with an armed individual attempting to escape.
Speaker 1: The pursuit ended when deputies used a pit maneuver to
Speaker 1: stop the vehicle on Harrison Road, south of Chambers Road,
Speaker 1: but even after the vehicle was stopped, the situation continued.
Speaker 1: Authorities stated that Delmar remained inside and fired at deputies.
Speaker 1: A tactical response was immediately activated. The SWAT team was called,
Speaker 1: crisis negotiators arrived. The goal was to bring the situation
Speaker 1: to an end without further violence. Officers attempted communication, encouraging
Speaker 1: del Mar to surrender. The standoff continued as law enforcement
Speaker 1: maintained a secure position around the vehicle. Then, at approximately
Speaker 1: nine oh nine pm, the situation reached its conclusion. SWAT
Speaker 1: officers moved in and took Delmar to Verrez Eugene Black
Speaker 1: into custody. A firearm was recovered from the scene. He
Speaker 1: was treated for injuries sustained during the arrest and transported
Speaker 1: from medical attention. The manhunt was over, but the investigation
Speaker 1: into Tigan Jones shooting was far from finished. At that moment,
Speaker 1: investigators had a suspect in custody, they had witnesses, they
Speaker 1: had technology records, they had physical evidence. But the person
Speaker 1: at the center of the case was still fighting for
Speaker 1: her life. Inside Atrium Health Navison Hospital, doctors continued treating
Speaker 1: Teagan for her family. Every hour brought uncertainty. The woman
Speaker 1: who had survived the twenty twenty one shooting, the woman
Speaker 1: who had protected her six children, the woman who had
Speaker 1: continued working and pursuing her music, was now facing another
Speaker 1: fight for survival, and this time the outcome would change everything.
Speaker 1: Inside Atrium Health Navison Hospital, the investigation and the fight
Speaker 1: for Tigan Joan's life continued at the same time. Outside
Speaker 1: the hospital walls, detectives worked to understand the events that
Speaker 1: brought her there. Inside, medical professionals worked to keep her alive.
Speaker 1: For five days, those two worlds existed side by side.
Speaker 1: One focused on evidence, the other focused on survival. For
Speaker 1: Tegan's family, the hospital became the place where hope and
Speaker 1: fear existed together. They had already seen her survive something
Speaker 1: most people never experience in twenty twenty one, when gunfire
Speaker 1: tore through her home, she had protected her six children
Speaker 1: and walked away alive. That memory remained powerful. It was
Speaker 1: a reminder that Teagan had overcome impossible moments before. Many
Speaker 1: hoped this would be another one, but investigators knew they
Speaker 1: had to prepare for every possibility. A criminal investigation changes
Speaker 1: depending on the outcome of a victim's injuries. The difference
Speaker 1: between a non fatal shooting and a homicide investigation is
Speaker 1: not only legal, it changes the entire direction of the case.
Speaker 1: Evidence requirements become different, the level of review becomes more extensive,
Speaker 1: the questions become even more important. Detectives continued examining the
Speaker 1: events of June seventh. They reviewed statements from people who
Speaker 1: had been nearby. They analyzed the movements of the vehicles involved.
Speaker 1: They documented the timeline from the initial argument to the shooting,
Speaker 1: the escape, and the eventual arrest. Every detail mattered. A
Speaker 1: few seconds could change the understanding of what happened. A
Speaker 1: witness's location could affect what they were able to see.
Speaker 1: A camera angle could confirm or challenge a statement. A
Speaker 1: digital record could establish a movement that someone could not remember.
Speaker 1: Investigations are built through through these connections. One piece rarely
Speaker 1: tells the entire story, but many pieces together can reveal
Speaker 1: a clearer picture. As investigators worked, del Mar Taverrez Eugene
Speaker 1: Black remained in custody. On June ninth, twenty twenty six,
Speaker 1: authorities transported him to the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center.
Speaker 1: At that stage, he faced charges including aggravated assault, aggravated
Speaker 1: assault on law enforcement officers, and felony fleeing and attempting
Speaker 1: to elude law enforcement. Authorities also stated that he was
Speaker 1: wanted in Turner County on separate charges at the time
Speaker 1: of his arrest, but the case was not yet at
Speaker 1: its final stage. The most significant change would come days later.
Speaker 1: On June twelfth, twenty twenty six, Teagan Jones died from
Speaker 1: her injuries. According to Bibb County corner Leon Jones, she
Speaker 1: was pronounced deceased at approximately eight twenty two pm. The
Speaker 1: announcement changed the legal status of the case. The investigation
Speaker 1: that began as a shooting became a murder investigation. The
Speaker 1: charges against del Mar were upgraded to murder for Tigan's family, However,
Speaker 1: the legal terminology could not describe the full impact of
Speaker 1: the loss. A mother was gone. Six children had lost
Speaker 1: the person who had carried so much responsibility in their lives.
Speaker 1: The community had lost someone many people knew through her music,
Speaker 1: her online presence, and her determination to create a better future.
Speaker 1: After her death, attention once again returned to the woman
Speaker 1: Teagan had been. Not just the circumstances surrounding her final day.
Speaker 1: Those who followed her journey remembered her ambition. She had
Speaker 1: worked to build a music career independently. She had created
Speaker 1: opportunities for herself instead of waiting for them to appear.
Speaker 1: She had shared parts of her everyday life publicly, showing
Speaker 1: both the struggles and the effort behind her goals. Her
Speaker 1: story was not one of someone who had stopped trying.
Speaker 1: It was the story of someone who continued pushing forward.
Speaker 1: The investigation into her death would continue through the justice system.
Speaker 1: Evidence would be examined, the allegations would be tested, the
Speaker 1: facts would be presented through the proper legal process, But
Speaker 1: the emotional reality of her death was already clear. A
Speaker 1: woman who had once stood between danger and her children
Speaker 1: had lost her own life during an attempt to escape
Speaker 1: danger herself. That contrast became one of the most painful
Speaker 1: As the investigation moved forward, authorities would continue searching for
Speaker 1: the complete truth, because in every homicide case, the final
Speaker 1: moments are only part of the story. To understand what happened,
Speaker 1: investigators must examine everything that came before, the relationships, the decisions,
Speaker 1: the warning signs, the evidence, and the unanswered questions that
Speaker 1: remain after a life is taken. For Tigan Jones, the
Speaker 1: search for answers was now tied to the memory of
Speaker 1: a woman whose story had already included survival, determination, and loss.
Speaker 1: As investigators continued building the case, the focus remained on
Speaker 1: reconstructing the timeline of events with as much accuracy as possible.
Speaker 1: In a homicide investigation, the moments leading up to the
Speaker 1: crime can be just as important as the crime itself.
Speaker 1: What happened before the confrontation, What circumstances brought two people
Speaker 1: to that location. What evidence could explain the events that
Speaker 1: unfolded in those final minutes. Those questions guided detectives as
Speaker 1: they reviewed everything connected to June seventh, twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1: The investigation began with the physical scene. The Circle K
Speaker 1: parking lot and the surrounding area became a critical source
Speaker 1: of information. Every location connected to the incident had to
Speaker 1: be examined. The parking area where the argument occurred, the
Speaker 1: roadway where Tegan was struck, the route taken by the
Speaker 1: vehicle after the shooting, the location where deputies later found Delmar.
Speaker 1: Each place represented a different part of the same chain
Speaker 1: of events. Investigators worked to connect those locations into one
Speaker 1: complete timeline. The witness accounts became one of the most
Speaker 1: important parts of that process. People who were nearby provided
Speaker 1: information about what they saw and heard. Some witnesses described
Speaker 1: the argument between Teagan and Delmar. Others described Teagan's attempt
Speaker 1: to leave. Others witnessed the moments after the gunshot. In
Speaker 1: cases like this, eyewitness information can be extremely valuable, but
Speaker 1: investigators also understand the limitations of human memory. A frightening
Speaker 1: event can happen quickly, people may focus on different details.
Speaker 1: One person may remember a vehicle, another may remember a
Speaker 1: person's actions. Another may remember the sound of a gunshot.
Speaker 1: That is why detectives compare witness accounts with other evidence.
Speaker 1: The goal is not simply to collect stories. The goal
Speaker 1: is to establish facts. Surveillance footage became another important element.
Speaker 1: Because the confrontation occurred in a public area, investigators were
Speaker 1: able to look for recorded images that could help confirm
Speaker 1: movements and timing. Security cameras often provide information that witnesses cannot.
Speaker 1: They can show where people were located. They can establish
Speaker 1: when vehicles arrived or left. They can help investigators understand
Speaker 1: the sequence of events. The same technology that helped locate
Speaker 1: the Silver Buick enclave after the shooting also became part
Speaker 1: of the larger investigative picture. The use of license plate
Speaker 1: recognition cameras demonstrated how modern law enforcement investigations increasingly combine
Speaker 1: traditional detective work with digital tools. Years ago, investigators might
Speaker 1: have relied almost entirely on witness descriptions and physical evidence. Today,
Speaker 1: technology can help create a broader timeline, But technology does
Speaker 1: not replace investigation, it supports it. Detectives still have to
Speaker 1: interpret the information. They must determine what it proves, They
Speaker 1: must consider possible explanations, and they must ensure that every
Speaker 1: conclusion is supported by evidence. As the case developed, another
Speaker 1: important area of focus was the relationship between Tegan and
Speaker 1: del Mar. Investigators often examine relationships in violent crime cases
Speaker 1: because understanding the connection between people can provide important context. However,
Speaker 1: relationships are complicated. People outside the relationship may only see
Speaker 1: certain parts. Social media may reveal some emotions, but not
Speaker 1: every private conversation. Public interactions may not reflect what happens
Speaker 1: away from others. That meant investigators had to separate assumptions
Speaker 1: from verified information. Tegan's social media posts from the weeks
Speaker 1: before her death became a topic of public discussion. Several
Speaker 1: posts appeared to show frustration and a desire to distance
Speaker 1: herself from situations she viewed as unhealthy or disrespectful. Many
Speaker 1: people looking back at those posts after her death interpreted
Speaker 1: them differently than they had before, but investigators still had
Speaker 1: to determine what those posts actually showed. A message can
Speaker 1: reveal a person's feelings at a certain moment, it cannot
Speaker 1: automatically prove every detail of a relationship. That distinction is
Speaker 1: important in any investigation. The facts must come from evidence,
Speaker 1: not speculation, not rumors, not assumptions. As prosecutors prepared to
Speaker 1: move forward, they would have to present the evidence in
Speaker 1: a way that explained the events clearly. They would need
Speaker 1: to show the timeline, the actions, the circumstances, the connection
Speaker 1: between the evidence and the charges. For the defense, the
Speaker 1: evidence would be examined from another perspective. Every accusation in
Speaker 1: the criminal justice system must be tested, Every piece of
Speaker 1: evidence can be questioned, every witness can be challenged. That
Speaker 1: process exists because the consequences of a criminal conviction are significant.
Speaker 1: But beyond legal arguments, one reality remained unchanged. Teagan Jones
Speaker 1: had lost her life, her children had lost their mother,
Speaker 1: and a community was left trying to understand how a
Speaker 1: person who had already survived so much could become the
Speaker 1: victim of another act of violence. Her story continued to
Speaker 1: raise difficult questions. How do situations escalate from conflict to violence?
Speaker 1: How can warning signs be recognized? How can people seek
Speaker 1: help when they feel unsafe? But the memory of Tigan
Speaker 1: Jones would remain connected to more than the crime that
Speaker 1: ended her life. It would remain connected to the years
Speaker 1: before it, the music she created, the children she raised,
Speaker 1: the challenges she overcame, and the determination that defined the
Speaker 1: way many people remembered her because before she became the
Speaker 1: center of an investigation, she was a person with a
Speaker 1: story of her own. As the case continued to develop,
Speaker 1: investigators faced the difficult task of separating emotion from evidence.
Speaker 1: The public had already formed opinions. People had watched the
Speaker 1: story unfold through news reports and social media discussions. Many
Speaker 1: focused on the final moments of Teagan Jones's life, but
Speaker 1: investigators had a different responsibility. They had to examine every
Speaker 1: available fact and determine what could be proven. A hum
Speaker 1: aside investigation is built slowly. It begins with a question
Speaker 1: what happened? Then comes the search for answers. Who was involved,
Speaker 1: what events led to the crime, what evidence supports each conclusion,
Speaker 1: and what details remain uncertain. For Tigan's case, the timeline
Speaker 1: became the foundation. The day began, like many others, she
Speaker 1: was working, She was continuing to pursue her music. She
Speaker 1: was focused on providing for her children. By the end
Speaker 1: of the day, her name would be connected to a
Speaker 1: criminal investigation that would change multiple lives forever. The investigation
Speaker 1: into the shooting also highlighted how quickly ordinary moments can
Speaker 1: become life changing. A public argument, a parking lot, a
Speaker 1: roadway filled with passing vehicles, places people normally moved through
Speaker 1: without thinking became the locations where investigators would later search
Speaker 1: for answers. The scene itself told part of the story,
Speaker 1: but scenes do not speak on their own. They require
Speaker 1: investigators to interpret what happened there. Evidence must be collected carefully.
Speaker 1: Witnesses must be interviewed, Records must be reviewed. Small details
Speaker 1: that appear insignificant at first can become important later. That
Speaker 1: process continued after del Mar Tavarres Eugene Black was taken
Speaker 1: into custody. With the suspect no longer at large, investigators
Speaker 1: could focus more deeply on the evidence surrounding the shooting.
Speaker 1: The firearm recovered during the arrest would become part of
Speaker 1: the investigation. The vehicle involved would be examined. Statements from
Speaker 1: witnesses would continue to be reviewed. The events leading to
Speaker 1: the confrontation would be analyzed. Each piece had to be connected,
Speaker 1: each conclusion had to be supported. Meanwhile, Teagan's family continued
Speaker 1: facing the reality of her death. For them, the investigation
Speaker 1: was not just about evidence. It was about a person
Speaker 1: they knew, a mother, a daughter, a friend, an artist.
Speaker 1: The public often sees the beginning and end of a
Speaker 1: crime story. They see the emergency response, the arrest, the charges,
Speaker 1: but families experience everything in between. The phone calls, the waiting,
Speaker 1: the uncertainty, the moment when hope turns into grief. Those
Speaker 1: experiences become part of their lives forever. Teagan's story also
Speaker 1: continued to draw tow because of the contrast between her
Speaker 1: past and her final days. In twenty twenty one, she
Speaker 1: had survived an attack on her home. During that incident,
Speaker 1: she protected her six children from gunfire. Years later, she
Speaker 1: was again caught in a violent situation, but this time
Speaker 1: she was not able to walk away. That contrast became
Speaker 1: one of the most painful parts of the story. The
Speaker 1: woman remembered for protecting her children became the person they
Speaker 1: would have to mourn. For investigators, however, the focus remained
Speaker 1: on accountability through the legal process. The charges against del
Speaker 1: Mar Black represented allegations that would need to be examined
Speaker 1: in court. The evidence would determine what happened next, the
Speaker 1: prosecution would present its case, the defense would have the
Speaker 1: opportunity to respond, and the justice system would determine the outcome.
Speaker 1: But regardless of the eventual legal conclusion, one fact remained clear.
Speaker 1: A family had been changed permanently. Six children were left
Speaker 1: without their mother, a community lost someone who had shared
Speaker 1: her life openly, and a story that began with survival
Speaker 1: ended with tragedy. The investigation into tigan joan death serves
Speaker 1: as another reminder that behind every criminal case is a
Speaker 1: human story. Before the evidence, before the reports, before the headlines,
Speaker 1: there was a person, someone with dreams, someone with struggles,
Speaker 1: someone with people who love them. And that is why
Speaker 1: investigators continue searching for the truth, not only to understand
Speaker 1: what happened, but to provide answers for those left behind,
Speaker 1: because every unanswered question represents a family still searching for closure,
Speaker 1: and every piece of evidence brings investigators one step closer
Speaker 1: to completing the story. The search for answers in tiagan
Speaker 1: Joan's death was not only about the events that happened
Speaker 1: on June seventh, twenty twenty six. It was also about
Speaker 1: understanding the circumstances that surrounded those final moments. Investigators often
Speaker 1: describe a homicide case as a puzzle, not because the
Speaker 1: victim's life is a mystery, but because every piece of
Speaker 1: evidence must be placed carefully before the full picture becomes clear.
Speaker 1: A single witness statement may reveal one part of the story.
Speaker 1: A surveillance recording may reveal another. A forensic examination may
Speaker 1: answer questions that witnesses cannot. Together, those pieces help investigators
Speaker 1: move from uncertainty toward understanding. In Tigan's case, one of
Speaker 1: the most important questions was the sequence of events after
Speaker 1: the confrontation began. According to authorities, the situation started with
Speaker 1: an argument between Teagan and Delmar near the Mercer University
Speaker 1: Drive area. Witnesses described a dispute that escalated. They reported
Speaker 1: seeing Tiagan attempt to leave. They reported that she ran
Speaker 1: away from the confrontation, and investigators said the shooting occurred
Speaker 1: during that attempt to escape. That moment became central to
Speaker 1: the case because the difference between someone moving toward danger
Speaker 1: and someone trying to get away can change how an
Speaker 1: event is understood. Those first moments after a violent crime
Speaker 1: can determine the direction of the entire investigation. Evidence can
Speaker 1: be lost, witnesses can leave, details can be forgotten, That
Speaker 1: is why investigators work quickly to preserve the scene and
Speaker 1: collect information while memories are still fresh. As the investigation
Speaker 1: moved forward, the arrest of del Mar to Vrezy Eugene
Speaker 1: Black provided authorities with an opportunity to examine additional evidence
Speaker 1: connected to the case. The vehicle he was allegedly using,
Speaker 1: the firearm recovered during the arrest, the route he traveled
Speaker 1: after leaving the shooting location, the events during the later
Speaker 1: confrontation with deputies. Each element became part of a larger investigation,
Speaker 1: but even with a suspect in custody, the case was
Speaker 1: not complete. An arrest answers one question who has been accused,
Speaker 1: It does not answer every question about what happened. Those
Speaker 1: answers come through evidence, through examination, through the legal process.
Speaker 1: That process can take time, It requires patients because the
Speaker 1: consequences are permanent. Fortigan's children and loved ones, However, time
Speaker 1: moved differently. The investigation may have followed procedures and timelines,
Speaker 1: but grief does not work that way. There is no
Speaker 1: report that can fully explain the loss of a mother,
Speaker 1: no court document that can replace years of memories, no
Speaker 1: verdict that can bring back ordinary moments that families expect
Speaker 1: to have in the future, birthdays, conversations, celebration, the simple
Speaker 1: moments that often matter the most. That was the reality
Speaker 1: facing Teagan's family after her death. They were not only
Speaker 1: dealing with the loss of a loved one, they were
Speaker 1: also trying to understand how someone who had already survived
Speaker 1: so much could become the victim of another act of violence.
Speaker 1: Her story continued to attract attention because of the strength
Speaker 1: many people saw in her life. The image that remained
Speaker 1: was not only the crime scene, It was also the
Speaker 1: mother who protected her children years earlier, the artists who
Speaker 1: promoted her own music, the worker who continued finding ways
Speaker 1: to support her family, the person who shared parts of
Speaker 1: her journey publicly. Those details mattered because they showed that
Speaker 1: Teagan Jones was more than the circumstances surrounding her death.
Speaker 1: She had a life before the investigation, and that life
Speaker 1: was the reason so many people felt the loss. As
Speaker 1: the legal process continued, investigators and prosecutors would continue examining
Speaker 1: the evidence connected to the case. The goal remained the same,
Speaker 1: to establish the facts, to determine responsibility, and to allow
Speaker 1: the justice system to address what happened. But for those
Speaker 1: who knew Teagan per personally. Another mission continued alongside the investigation,
Speaker 1: keeping her memory alive, remembering the person behind the headlines,
Speaker 1: remembering the mother, the artist, the survivor. Because every crime
Speaker 1: story has two sides, there is the investigation into what happened,
Speaker 1: and there is the story of the person whose life
Speaker 1: was changed forever. For Tigan Jones, both stories became connected.
Speaker 1: One was about a criminal investigation, the other was about
Speaker 1: a woman whose life touched the people around her, and
Speaker 1: understanding both is necessary to understand the full impact of
Speaker 1: what happened in Macon, Georgia. The investigation into Tigan Jones's
Speaker 1: death continued to move forward, but as detectives reviewed the evidence,
Speaker 1: one reality remained constant. The case was no longer only
Speaker 1: about what happened in a parking lot on a summer afternoon.
Speaker 1: It was about understanding the chain of events that brought
Speaker 1: everyone to that moment. Every investigation has a beginning, a
Speaker 1: first call, a first officer arriving, a first piece of
Speaker 1: evidence collected, But the truth is rarely found in one moment.
Speaker 1: It is discovered through the careful examination of everything that
Speaker 1: came before and everything that followed. For investigators, the timeline
Speaker 1: began with the confrontation near Mercer University Drive. According to authorities,
Speaker 1: Teagan and Delmar to Verrez Eugene Black were together when
Speaker 1: an argument developed. Witnesses described a situation that became increasingly intense.
Speaker 1: The details of those moments became central to the investigation
Speaker 1: because they helped explain the circumstances surrounding the shooting. Investigators
Speaker 1: looked closely at what witnesses reported seeing. They examined the
Speaker 1: movement of the people. The search that followed demonstrated how
Speaker 1: quickly a local investigation can become a larger operation. Deputies
Speaker 1: used information from witnesses and technology systems to track the vehicle.
Speaker 1: The silver Buick enclave became a key piece of the investigation.
Speaker 1: Its movements helped guide authorities toward Delmar's location, but locating
Speaker 1: the vehicle did not bring an immediate into the situation.
Speaker 1: According to authorities, the encounter at the Marathon gas station
Speaker 1: developed into a pursuit. After deputies stopped the vehicle, they
Speaker 1: reported that Delmar remained inside and fire at law enforcement officers.
Speaker 1: This created a second dangerous scene. The first involved Tigan Jones.
Speaker 1: The second involved the officers attempting to take the suspect
Speaker 1: into custody. The response, law enforcement worked to bring the
Speaker 1: standoff to an end. The goal was to resolve the
Speaker 1: situation while preventing additional injuries. Eventually, del Mar was taken
Speaker 1: into custody. The arrest ended the immediate search, but it
Speaker 1: did not answer every question. Those answers would have to
Speaker 1: come through the legal process. Once a suspect is arrested,
Speaker 1: investigators continue their work. They do not simply stop because
Speaker 1: someone has been identified. They must continue gathering evidence. They
Speaker 1: must prepare reports. They must document what happened in a
Speaker 1: way that can be reviewed by prosecutors, defense attorneys, and
Speaker 1: eventually a court. Every detail matters, the words spoken by witnesses,
Speaker 1: the timeline of events, the physical evidence recovered, the actions
Speaker 1: of everyone involved. The purpose is not only to tell
Speaker 1: a story, it is to establish facts. Meanwhile, the loss
Speaker 1: of Tigan Jones continued to affect the people who knew her.
Speaker 1: The public learned at her through the investigation, but those
Speaker 1: closest to her knew a different story. They knew the
Speaker 1: person behind the headlines, the mother who cared for six children,
Speaker 1: the artist who created music independently, the woman who worked
Speaker 1: to build opportunities for herself and her family. Those parts
Speaker 1: of her life became increasingly important after her death. Because
Speaker 1: a victim is never defined only by the moment they
Speaker 1: were harmed. A life is measured by everything that came before.
Speaker 1: The dreams pursued, the relationships formed, the challenge is overcome,
Speaker 1: the memories created. Teagan's story contained all of those things.
Speaker 1: Her life included hardship, but it also included determination. It
Speaker 1: included difficult moments, but also moments of creativity and ambition.
Speaker 1: It included survival, and that is why her death had
Speaker 1: such a profound impact on those who followed her story.
Speaker 1: Five years earlier, she had survived a terrifying attack on
Speaker 1: her home. She had protected her children when they were
Speaker 1: in danger. That memory became one of the most powerful
Speaker 1: parts of how people remembered her. But in June twenty
Speaker 1: twenty six, her children faced a different reality. They had
Speaker 1: lost a person who had once fought so hard to
Speaker 1: protect them. As the case continued, investigators remained focused on
Speaker 1: the evidence. The legal system would determine the outcome, but
Speaker 1: the memory of Tigan Jones would remain connected to something
Speaker 1: larger than the investigation itself. It would remain connected to resilience,
Speaker 1: to motherhood, to ambition, and to the unanswered questions that
Speaker 1: often remain after a life is suddenly taken away. Because
Speaker 1: behind every investigation is a person whose story began long
Speaker 1: before the crime, and for tigan Jones, that story was
Speaker 1: one of a woman who spent years trying to build
Speaker 1: something better for herself and the people who depended on her.
Speaker 1: The investigation into tigan Jones's death continued to reveal the
Speaker 1: many layers surrounding the case. For law enforcement, the focus
Speaker 1: remained on facts, not assumptions, not rumors, not conclusions based
Speaker 1: only on emotion. The responsibility was to determine what happened,
Speaker 1: preserve the evidence, and allow the justice system to examine
Speaker 1: the allegations. That process began with the information gathered during
Speaker 1: the first hours after that shooting, the emergency call, the
Speaker 1: witness accounts, the location of the shooting, the condition in
Speaker 1: which Tegan was found, the movements of the suspect vehicle,
Speaker 1: the arrest that followed. Each detail became part of a
Speaker 1: larger timeline, a timeline that investigators would need to explain clearly,
Speaker 1: because in a case involving a fatal shooting, every moment matters.
Speaker 1: The seconds before the gunfire, the seconds after, the decisions
Speaker 1: made by everyone involved, the actions taken by law enforcement,
Speaker 1: and the evidence left behind. The investigation also highlighted how
Speaker 1: quickly a situation can change. A disagreement between two people
Speaker 1: became a public emergency, a parking lot became a crime scene,
Speaker 1: a search for answers became a man hunt, and a
Speaker 1: case that began with one victim expanded into a larger
Speaker 1: investigation involving multiple locations and law enforcement agencies. For detectives,
Speaker 1: one of the biggest challenges was reconstructing the events happen quickly.
Speaker 1: Fear can affect memory. Different people may notice different details.
Speaker 1: That is why investigators compare every account with available evidence.
Speaker 1: Witness it may remember a sound, a camera may show movement,
Speaker 1: a digital record may establish timing. A physical object may
Speaker 1: confirm what occurred. Together, these pieces create a clearer understanding.
Speaker 1: The investigation also examined the actions after the shooting. According
Speaker 1: to authorities, del Mar Tavererez, Eugene Black left the area
Speaker 1: after Teagan was injured. The search for him became one
Speaker 1: of the most urgent parts of the response. Using information
Speaker 1: gathered from the scene and technology available to investigators, deputies
Speaker 1: were able to locate the vehicle connected to the incident,
Speaker 1: but when officers attempted to take him into custody, authorities
Speaker 1: reported that the situation escalated. The later confrontation on Harrison
Speaker 1: Road became another critical moment in the case. Officers had
Speaker 1: to respond not only to the original shooting investigation, but
Speaker 1: also to an active threat involving law enforcement. The arrival
Speaker 1: of SWAT officers and crisis negotiators showed the seriousness of
Speaker 1: the situation. Their objective was to bring the incident to
Speaker 1: an end safely. After del Mar was taken into custody,
Speaker 1: investigators could turn their full attention toward building the case
Speaker 1: surrounding Teagan's death. But while detectives worked through evidence and reports,
Speaker 1: another story was unfolding, the story of the people left behind.
Speaker 1: For Tigan's six children, the loss was not measured in
Speaker 1: police reports or court documents. It was measured in everyday
Speaker 1: moments that would now happen without their mother. It was
Speaker 1: the absence of a voice, the absence of guidance, the
Speaker 1: absence of the person who had spent years caring for them,
Speaker 1: the same children Teagan had protected during the twenty twenty
Speaker 1: one shooting were now facing a different kind of loss.
Speaker 1: That earlier attack had shown her instinct as a mother.
Speaker 1: When danger entered her home, she placed herself between her
Speaker 1: children and the threat. That moment became one of the
Speaker 1: defining memories connected to her life. But investigators knew that
Speaker 1: Teagan's story did not begin with tragedy. Before the crime,
Speaker 1: there was a person, a woman with goals, a mother
Speaker 1: with responsibilities, an artist trying to create something of her own.
Speaker 1: Those who followed her music journey saw someone determined to
Speaker 1: be heard. She did not wait for a major opportunity
Speaker 1: to appear. She created op tunities herself. She promoted her work,
Speaker 1: She connected with supporters, She continued pushing forward even while
Speaker 1: managing the challenges of everyday life. That determination became part
Speaker 1: of the way people remembered her after her death. Those
Speaker 1: conversations continued because cases like this are not only about
Speaker 1: what happened on one day. They are also about understanding
Speaker 1: the warning signs, the decisions, and the consequences that follow.
Speaker 1: For Tigan Jones, June seventh, twenty twenty six became the
Speaker 1: final day of her life, but it was not the
Speaker 1: only day that defined her. Her story included years before
Speaker 1: that moment, years of work, years of creativity, years of motherhood,
Speaker 1: years of survival, and those are the parts of her
Speaker 1: life that remain important when remembering the woman behind the investigation.
Speaker 1: As the case moved deeper into the legal process, investigators
Speaker 1: continued reviewing the evidence connected to the death of Tigan Jones.
Speaker 1: For the public, the most visible parts of the case
Speaker 1: had already happened, the shooting, the search, the arrest, the
Speaker 1: hospital updates, the announcement of her death. But behind the scenes,
Speaker 1: the work continued. A criminal investigation does not end when
Speaker 1: a suspect is located. In many ways, that is when
Speaker 1: one of the most important stages begins. The evidence must
Speaker 1: be organized, The timeline must be verified. The events must
Speaker 1: be presented in a way that can withstand examination. Every
Speaker 1: investigation contains questions. Some are answered quickly, others require weeks
Speaker 1: or months of careful review. In Tegan's case, investigators continued
Speaker 1: examining the circumstances surrounding the confrontation, the shooting, and the
Speaker 1: events that followed. They continued reviewing witness information. They continued
Speaker 1: analyzing available records. They continued documenting the evidence collected from
Speaker 1: the various scenes connected to the case. The first location
Speaker 1: was where everything began, the area near Mercer University Drive,
Speaker 1: a place that had been filled with ordinary activity before
Speaker 1: becoming the center of a homicide investigation. Investigators returned to
Speaker 1: the details of that scene, the location of the confrontation,
Speaker 1: the movements of those involved, the moments before Teagan attempted
Speaker 1: to leave, the moment authorities say the shooting occurred, and
Speaker 1: the events immediately afterward. The second location was the place
Speaker 1: where deputies located del Mar The Marathon gas station on
Speaker 1: Harrison Road represented another critical point in the timeline. It
Speaker 1: was there, according to authorities, that the search for the
Speaker 1: suspect became a dangerous confrontation involving law enforcement. That part
Speaker 1: of the investigation required examining not only the original allegations
Speaker 1: involving Tegan, but also the actions that took place during
Speaker 1: the arrest, the reported exchange of gunfire with deputies, the pursuit,
Speaker 1: the tactical response, the recovery of evidence. Each event had
Speaker 1: to be documented separately, because every allegation in a criminal
Speaker 1: case must stand on its own evidence. Investigators also continued
Speaker 1: looking at the days before the shooting. In many cases
Speaker 1: involving people who know one another, understanding the relationship between
Speaker 1: individuals can provide important context, but context must be handled carefully.
Speaker 1: A relationship can contain many different experiences. Moments that outsiders
Speaker 1: see may not represent everything that happens privately. That is
Speaker 1: why investigators rely on evidence rather than assumptions. Tegan's social
Speaker 1: media activity became one part of that review. Her post
Speaker 1: from late May and early June attracted attention because they
Speaker 1: appeared to express frustration and a desire to set boundaries.
Speaker 1: Some people interpreted those messages as signs of conflict. Others
Speaker 1: saw them as examples of Teagan's personality and the way
Speaker 1: she often communicated online. The meaning of those posts could
Speaker 1: only be understood alongside the rest of the evidence. A
Speaker 1: post alone does not tell an entire story, but when
Speaker 1: investigators build a timeline, even small details can become important
Speaker 1: pieces of context. As the case continued, Teagan's life before
Speaker 1: the tragedy remained a major part of how people remembered her.
Speaker 1: Her story was not only about a shooting. It was
Speaker 1: about the years leading up to that moment, the work
Speaker 1: she did, the children she raised, the music she created,
Speaker 1: the challenges she faced, the determination she showed. Many people
Speaker 1: who followed her journey described her as someone who was
Speaker 1: always trying to move forward. That image became especially powerful
Speaker 1: because of what happened in twenty twenty one. When gunfire
Speaker 1: entered her home, she reacted without hesitation. She protected her children,
Speaker 1: she survived. That moment showed a side of Tigan that
Speaker 1: many people continued to remember, a person who fought, a
Speaker 1: mother who protected a survivor. But five years later, the
Speaker 1: circumstances were different. The person who had once survived violence
Speaker 1: inside her home became the victim of violence in a
Speaker 1: public place, and that contrast remained one of the most
Speaker 1: heartbreaking elements of the case. As investigators prepared the case
Speaker 1: for the next stages, they understood the importance of accuracy.
Speaker 1: A criminal trial is not decided by emotion. It is
Speaker 1: decided by evidence. The prosecution would have to present facts
Speaker 1: supporting the charges. The defense would have the opportunity to
Speaker 1: challenge those facts. Witnesses could be questioned, evidence could be examined.
Speaker 1: The entire story would have to be tested through the
Speaker 1: legal system. For Tegan's family, however, the legal process could
Speaker 1: never fully represent the loss they experienced. A courtroom can
Speaker 1: discuss dates, evidence and charges, but it cannot measure the
Speaker 1: absence left behind. It cannot describe what it means for
Speaker 1: six children to lose their mother. It cannot restore the
Speaker 1: future moments that will never happen. That is the lasting
Speaker 1: impact of violent crime. The investigation may focus on a
Speaker 1: single day, but the consequences continue for years, and for
Speaker 1: those who love Teagan Jones, her story would always be
Speaker 1: about more than how she died. It would also be
Speaker 1: about how she lived. A mother, an artist, a survivor,
Speaker 1: a woman whose life was marked by determination long before
Speaker 1: it became connected to a criminal case. As the investigation continued,
Speaker 1: the case of Tigan Jones became a reminder that every
Speaker 1: criminal investigation contains two stories happening at the same time.
Speaker 1: The first is the story investigators must uncover, the sequence
Speaker 1: of events, the evidence, the decisions that led to the crime.
Speaker 1: The second is the story of the person whose life
Speaker 1: was changed forever, and in this case, that person was
Speaker 1: Tigan Jones. While authorities worked to establish the facts surrounding
Speaker 1: her death, the people who knew Teagan continued remembering the
Speaker 1: years before the tragedy. They remembered the mother, the artist,
Speaker 1: the woman who worked to create opportunities for herself and
Speaker 1: her children, The investigation focused on one day, but Teagan's
Speaker 1: life was made up of thousands of days before that one,
Speaker 1: days filled with ordinary struggles and ordinary victories, days where
Speaker 1: she balanced responsibilities that many people never saw. Raising six
Speaker 1: children required constant effort, Supporting a household required sacrifice. Building
Speaker 1: a music career without major industry support required determination. Each
Speaker 1: challenge demanded something from her time, energy, patience, and according
Speaker 1: to those who followed her journey, she continued pushing forward.
Speaker 1: That determination was visible through her online presence. Teagan used
Speaker 1: social media not only as a place to promote her music,
Speaker 1: but also as a way to share pieces of her
Speaker 1: everyday life. She shared her thoughts, her frustrations, her goals,
Speaker 1: her personality. For many people who followed her, that honesty
Speaker 1: was part of what made her memorable. She was not
Speaker 1: presenting a perfect image. She was showing the reality of
Speaker 1: someone trying to make things work. That openness also became
Speaker 1: important after her death, because people began looking back at
Speaker 1: what she had shared before June seventh. Posts that once
Speaker 1: seemed like normal expressions of emotion were viewed differently after
Speaker 1: the tragedy. This is common in investigations involving people who
Speaker 1: communicate publicly. After something serious happens, people often search for
Speaker 1: clues in the past. They look at old messages, old photos,
Speaker 1: old conversations. They try to find moments that might explain
Speaker 1: what happened. Sometimes those details become important evidence. Sometimes they
Speaker 1: simply show what someone was feeling at a certain point
Speaker 1: in time. Investigators must carefully determine the difference. A complete
Speaker 1: investigation cannot be built only on hindsight. It must be
Speaker 1: built on facts. As authorities continued their work, the evidence
Speaker 1: connected to the case would have to answer the most
Speaker 1: important questions. What happened during the confrontation, What actions led
Speaker 1: to Tegan's injuries, What happened after the shooting. What evidence
Speaker 1: could confirm the timeline. Those questions would guide the next
Speaker 1: stages of the legal process. Meanwhile, the community surrounding Teagan
Speaker 1: continued reacting to the loss. Cases involving violence often affect
Speaker 1: more people than those directly involved, friends, neighbors, people who
Speaker 1: knew the victim, people who followed their story. The impact
Speaker 1: spreads beyond one location. In Teagan's case, many people were
Speaker 1: struck by the fact that she had survived a previous attack.
Speaker 1: The twenty twenty one shooting had already placed her life
Speaker 1: in danger. During that incident, she became known as a
Speaker 1: mother who protected her children during a terrifying moment. The
Speaker 1: survival of her and her six children had once represented hope,
Speaker 1: but years later her death created a painful contrast. The
Speaker 1: same woman who fought to keep her children safe was
Speaker 1: no longer there to guide them. That reality became one
Speaker 1: of the most emotional parts of the story for investigators. However,
Speaker 1: emotion could not replace the careful process required in a
Speaker 1: homicide case. Every conclusion had to be supported, Every statement
Speaker 1: had to be reviewed, every piece of evidence had to
Speaker 1: be considered because the goal of an investigation is not
Speaker 1: simply to tell a story. The goal is to establish
Speaker 1: the truth. The truth in a case like this depends
Speaker 1: on details, the location, the timeline, the witnesses, the physical evidence,
Speaker 1: the actions of those involved. As the legal process continued,
Speaker 1: attention remained focused on del mar to Verrez, Eugene Black
Speaker 1: and the allegations against him, But the case was ultimately
Speaker 1: about much more than one suspect. It was about the
Speaker 1: life that was lost, a life that included challenges, achievements, struggles,
Speaker 1: and dreams. Teagan Jones was not only a name in
Speaker 1: an investigation file. She was a person who had built relationships,
Speaker 1: created memories, and left behind six children who would forever
Speaker 1: know her as their mother. And that is the part
Speaker 1: of the story that cannot be captured only through police reports,
Speaker 1: because behind every investigation is a human being, someone who
Speaker 1: had plans, someone who had hopes, someone whose story deserved
Speaker 1: to be known before tragedy changed everything. As the case
Speaker 1: surrounding Tigan Jones continued, the investigation remained focused on one
Speaker 1: central goal, building a complete and accurate understanding of what happened.
Speaker 1: In the aftermath of a violent crime, there is often
Speaker 1: a flood of information. Some details are confirmed, some are
Speaker 1: still being investigated, Some become part of public discussion before
Speaker 1: investigators have finished their work. The challenge is separating what
Speaker 1: is known from what is assumed. For detectives, the evidence
Speaker 1: had to tell the story, not speculation, not emotion, not rumors.
Speaker 1: Evidence The timeline remained one of the most important parts
Speaker 1: of the investigation. According to authorities, the events of June seventh,
Speaker 1: twenty twenty six, unfolded quickly. A confrontation, an escalation, a shooting,
Speaker 1: a vehicle leaving the area, a search for the suspect,
Speaker 1: an arrest, and later the devastating news that Teagan Jones
Speaker 1: had died from her injuries. Each moment connected to the next,
Speaker 1: Each decision created another consequence. Investigators examined those moments carefully
Speaker 1: because understanding the sequence was essential In criminal cases. Timing
Speaker 1: can answer important questions where with someone at a certain moment,
Speaker 1: how quickly did events happen? What actions occurred before and
Speaker 1: after the crime. A complete timeline can reveal connections that
Speaker 1: may not be obvious at first. That was why technology
Speaker 1: became such an important part of this investigation. The use
Speaker 1: of license plate recognition cameras helped authorities locate the vehicle
Speaker 1: connected to the case. Modern investigations increasingly rely on these
Speaker 1: tools because they can provide information that would have been
Speaker 1: difficult to obtain in previous decades. A vehicle's movement can
Speaker 1: create a digital trail, a camera record can help establish
Speaker 1: a location. A piece of technology can become another witness
Speaker 1: in the investigation. But technology alone does not solve the case.
Speaker 1: It still requires people. Detectives who understand the information, officers
Speaker 1: who respond to dangerous situations, analysts who organize evidence, prosecutors
Speaker 1: who review the case, and witnesses who provide what they
Speaker 1: saw every person plays a role. The arrest of del
Speaker 1: mar To Verrez Eugene Black also introduced another layer to
Speaker 1: the investigation. Authorities stated that after locating him, the situation
Speaker 1: escalated into a confrontation involving law enforcement. That event became
Speaker 1: a separate part of the case. The actions during the
Speaker 1: u arrest would also require examination, because when a criminal
Speaker 1: investigation involves an encounter with police, every detail must be
Speaker 1: carefully reviewed. The decisions made by officers, the actions of
Speaker 1: the suspect, the evidence recovered, the timeline of the confrontation.
Speaker 1: These details matter because the justice system depends on a
Speaker 1: complete understanding of events. While investigators continued working, Teagan's family
Speaker 1: faced a reality no investigation could change. Their loved one
Speaker 1: was gone. The woman who had spent years caring for
Speaker 1: her children was no longer coming home. The loss was
Speaker 1: especially painful because of the role Teagan played in her
Speaker 1: children's lives. The twenty twenty one shooting had shown the
Speaker 1: depth of her commitment as a mother. When danger entered
Speaker 1: her home, she responded by protecting her children. That memory
Speaker 1: remained a powerful part of how many people viewed her.
Speaker 1: She had been someone who fought to keep her family, safe,
Speaker 1: someone who carried responsibility, someone who continued moving forward despite
Speaker 1: challenges after her death. Those qualities became the foundation of
Speaker 1: how many people remembered her, not the c I'm seeing,
Speaker 1: not only the investigation, but the life behind it, her music,
Speaker 1: her creativity, her determination, her role as a mother. Those
Speaker 1: details mattered because victims of violent crime are often remembered
Speaker 1: only through the circumstances of their deaths. But every victim
Speaker 1: had a life before the tragedy. They had dreams, they
Speaker 1: had struggles, they had people who loved them. Tagan Jones
Speaker 1: was no different. As the legal process continued, the evidence
Speaker 1: would determine the next steps. The allegations against del Mar
Speaker 1: Black would be examined through the courts, The facts would
Speaker 1: be presented, the defense would have the opportunity to respond,
Speaker 1: and the justice system would determine the outcome. But for
Speaker 1: those who continued mourning Teagan, there was another question that remained.
Speaker 1: How does a family move forward after losing someone who
Speaker 1: was such a central part of their lives. There is
Speaker 1: no simple answer. There is only the process of remembering,
Speaker 1: Remembering the moments before the tragedy, remembering the person beyond
Speaker 1: the headlines, Remembering that a life is more than the
Speaker 1: way it ended. Teagan Jones's story became a story of survival, determination,
Speaker 1: and loss, A story of a mother who had already
Speaker 1: faced unimaginable danger, a story of a woman who continued
Speaker 1: working toward her goals, a story of a life interrupted.
Speaker 1: And as the investigation continued searching for answers, one thing
Speaker 1: remained clear. The story of Tegan Jones would not be
Speaker 1: defined only by the moment she was taken. It would
Speaker 1: also be defined by everything she fought to build before then.
Speaker 1: As the investigation continued, the case of Tegan Jones remained
Speaker 1: centered around the evidence, the timeline, and the search for
Speaker 1: a complete understanding of what happened. For investigators, every homicide
Speaker 1: case has a responsibility attached to it. They are not
Speaker 1: only trying to determine who is responsible, they are trying
Speaker 1: to explain how events unfolded. A courtroom does not simply
Speaker 1: need a conclusion. It needs a story supported by facts,
Speaker 1: a story built from evidence, A story that answers the
Speaker 1: questions left behind after a life is lost. In Tegan's case,
Speaker 1: the questions began with the final moments of June seventh,
Speaker 1: twenty twenty six. What started as a confrontation between two
Speaker 1: people became an event that involved witnesses, in urgency responders, investigators,
Speaker 1: and eventually a large law enforcement response. The timeline moved quickly,
Speaker 1: but understanding it required slowing everything down. Investigators had to
Speaker 1: examine each moment separately. The argument, the movement toward the
Speaker 1: circle K parking lot, the reported actions before the shooting,
Speaker 1: Teagan's attempt to leave, the gunshot, the impact with the vehicle,
Speaker 1: the escape, the search, the arrest. Each moment represented a
Speaker 1: different part of the same investigation, and each part required
Speaker 1: its own examination. The role of witnesses remained important. People
Speaker 1: who were present became some of the first sources of
Speaker 1: information about what happened. Their accounts helped investigators understand the
Speaker 1: scene before law enforcement arrived. They described what they saw,
Speaker 1: They described what they heard, they described the actions they observed.
Speaker 1: But investigators also understood that every witness has a limited view.
Speaker 1: No single person sees everything. That is why evidence from
Speaker 1: multiple sources is so important. A witness account may provide context,
Speaker 1: a camera may provide timing, a record may provide a
Speaker 1: physical item may provide confirmation. Together, these pieces create a
Speaker 1: stronger understanding The investigation. Also examined the events following the shooting.
Speaker 1: According to authorities, Delmar to Verrez Eugene Black left the scene.
Speaker 1: That decision changed the nature of the response. What began
Speaker 1: as an investigation at one location became a search across
Speaker 1: the area. The Silver Buick enclave became a key part
Speaker 1: of the search. Using license plate recognition technology, deputies were
Speaker 1: able to track the vehicle's movement. The technology provided a lead,
Speaker 1: but following that lead placed officers in another dangerous situation.
Speaker 1: When deputies located the vehicle, authorities said Delmar refused to surrender.
Speaker 1: The confrontation that followed required a tactical response, swat officers,
Speaker 1: crisis negotiators, additional law enforcement resources for those officers involved.
Speaker 1: The objective was clear in the situation, safely prevent further harm. Eventually,
Speaker 1: Delmar was taken into custody, but even after an arrest,
Speaker 1: the work of investigators continued because an arrest is not
Speaker 1: the final chapter of a criminal case. It is the
Speaker 1: beginning of another process, a process where evidence is reviewed,
Speaker 1: where charges are evaluated, where legal arguments are prepared, and
Speaker 1: where the facts are examined in a public court room.
Speaker 1: For Teagan's family, however, the process was not only legal,
Speaker 1: it was personal. The investigation could document what happened, but
Speaker 1: it could not capture everything that was lost. It could
Speaker 1: not measure the years of memories that would never be created.
Speaker 1: It could not replace the role Tegan played in her
Speaker 1: children's lives. That was the reality left behind. Six children
Speaker 1: without their mother, a family trying to understand an unimaginable loss,
Speaker 1: a community trying to process a tragedy that unfolded in public,
Speaker 1: and a story that reminded many people how quickly life
Speaker 1: can change. The attention surrounding Tegan's case also brought renewed
Speaker 1: focus to her life before the tragedy. Her determination, her creativity,
Speaker 1: her independence, the way she worked to support herself and
Speaker 1: her children. Those who followed her music remembered someone who
Speaker 1: created opportunities instead of waiting for them. She managed many
Speaker 1: parts of her own career. She promoted her own work,
Speaker 1: She continued chasing goals while handling the responsibilities of motherhood.
Speaker 1: That determination was a defining part of how people remembered her,
Speaker 1: because even in a story surrounded by tragedy, there was
Speaker 1: another story underneath, the story of someone who kept going,
Speaker 1: someone who continued building, someone who survived difficult moments before
Speaker 1: the one that took her life. And that is why
Speaker 1: the investigation into Tigan Jones's death was never only about
Speaker 1: one afternoon in Macon. It was about understanding the events
Speaker 1: that led there, and it was about remembering the person
Speaker 1: who existed before the crime, a mother, an artist, a survivor,
Speaker 1: a woman whose life had meaning long before investigators ever
Speaker 1: arrived at the scene. As the case moved forward, the
Speaker 1: investigation continued to focus on the evidence that would eventually
Speaker 1: tell the complete story of what happened to Tigan Jones.
Speaker 1: For investigators, there was no single moment that explained everything.
Speaker 1: There was no single piece of evidence that answered every question. Instead,
Speaker 1: the truth had to be built from many different parts.
Speaker 1: The witness statements, the timeline, the technology records, the physical evidence,
Speaker 1: the actions of those involved before and after the shooting.
Speaker 1: Each piece added another layer, and slowly investigators worked toward
Speaker 1: a clearer picture. One of the most important parts of
Speaker 1: any homicide investigation is understanding the moments before violence occurs.
Speaker 1: Those moments often contain details that explain how a situation changed.
Speaker 1: A conversation, a disagreement, a decision, a reaction. In Tegan's case,
Speaker 1: investigators continued examining the interaction between her and del mar
Speaker 1: to Verrez Eugene Black before the shooting. The relationship between
Speaker 1: the two became an important area of focus because they
Speaker 1: knew each other personally, but investigators also had to approach
Speaker 1: that part of the case carefully. Relationships are complex. The
Speaker 1: outside world rarely sees everything happening between two people. That
Speaker 1: meant detectives had to look beyond public appearances. They had
Speaker 1: to rely on evidence. They had to examine documented information.
Speaker 1: They had to separate confirmed facts from assumptions. Tegan's social
Speaker 1: media activity became one of the details that received public attention.
Speaker 1: Before her death. She had shared posts expressing frustration about relationships, boundaries,
Speaker 1: and personal decisions. After the tragedy, many people looked back
Speaker 1: at those posts and wondered whether they contained signs of
Speaker 1: what was happening in her private life. For investigators, however,
Speaker 1: the question was not simply what a post appeared to mean.
Speaker 1: The question was how that information connected to the evidence.
Speaker 1: A message can reveal emotions, it can show a person's
Speaker 1: mindset at a specific time, but investigators must determine how
Speaker 1: it fits into the larger picture. That process requires patients
Speaker 1: because the most important answers are not always found in
Speaker 1: the most obvious places. Sometimes they come from small details,
Speaker 1: a location record, a witness statement, a recovered item, a
Speaker 1: timeline that reveals something previously unnoticed. As the investigation continued,
Speaker 1: the events following Tegan's shooting remained another major focus. Authorities
Speaker 1: had to examine not only the alleged shooting, but also
Speaker 1: what happened during the search for d Delmar. According to investigators,
Speaker 1: the use of license plate recognition technology helped locate the
Speaker 1: silver buick enclay. That technology played a major role in
Speaker 1: narrowing the search area, but the encounter that followed created
Speaker 1: another critical part of the case. Authorities reported that Delmar
Speaker 1: displayed a firearm, refused commands, and later fired at deputies
Speaker 1: During the confrontation that men, investigators had to document a
Speaker 1: second scene, the location where the vehicle was stopped, the
Speaker 1: actions of officers, the evidence recovered, the communication attempts made
Speaker 1: during the standoff. Every part of that incident required careful review,
Speaker 1: because when law enforcement becomes involved in an active confrontation,
Speaker 1: the details must be examined thoroughly. The goal is to
Speaker 1: understand exactly what happened, not simply what was reported. While
Speaker 1: the legal investigation continued, Teagan's story continued affecting people beyond
Speaker 1: the court room. Many people were drawn to the contrast
Speaker 1: between her life and her death. Five years earlier, she
Speaker 1: had faced danger inside her own home. During that terrifying event,
Speaker 1: she protected her chill ldren. She survived that moment, showed
Speaker 1: courage and instinct, But the tragedy of twenty twenty six
Speaker 1: created a different image. A mother who had once protected
Speaker 1: her children was no longer there to continue protecting them.
Speaker 1: That reality became one of the most emotional parts of
Speaker 1: the case. Her children had already experienced a frightening moment
Speaker 1: years earlier. Now they faced a different kind of trauma,
Speaker 1: the loss of their mother, the person who had carried
Speaker 1: so much responsibility, the person who had worked to provide
Speaker 1: for them, the person whose presence shaped their daily lives.
Speaker 1: For investigators, the work continued. For the family, the grieving
Speaker 1: process continued, and for the public, Teagan's story remained a
Speaker 1: reminder that behind every crime report is a human life,
Speaker 1: a person with history, a person with dreams, a person
Speaker 1: with people who cared about them. As the legal process
Speaker 1: moved closer toward the next stages, the case would depend
Speaker 1: on the evidence collected and the arguments presented. The prosecution
Speaker 1: would be responsible for proving the allegations, the defense would
Speaker 1: have the opportunity to challenge the evidence, and the court
Speaker 1: system would determine the outcome based on what could be established.
Speaker 1: But regardless of what happened inside a court room, Teagan
Speaker 1: Jones's impact on the people who knew her could not
Speaker 1: be reduced to a legal proceeding. Her life was bigger
Speaker 1: than the investigation. Her story existed before the crime, and
Speaker 1: that story was one of persistence, a woman who kept
Speaker 1: moving forward, a mother who protected her children, an artist
Speaker 1: who continued creating, a person whose life mattered as the
Speaker 1: investigation continued. The case of Tegan Jones remained a difficult
Speaker 1: balance between seeking justice and remembering the person at the
Speaker 1: center of the tragedy. For investigators, the mission was clear,
Speaker 1: follow the evidence, establish the timeline, present the facts. But
Speaker 1: for those who loved Teagan, the investigation represented something much
Speaker 1: more personal. It represented the search for answers after losing
Speaker 1: someone who had been part of their everyday lives. In
Speaker 1: homicide cases, the process after an arrest can be long.
Speaker 1: The public often sees the dramatic moments, the emergency response,
Speaker 1: the pursuit, the arrest. But the work that follows is quieter.
Speaker 1: It happens through reports, interviews, evidence reviews, and legal preparation.
Speaker 1: The first question centered around the confrontation, What led to
Speaker 1: the argument, How did the situation escalate, What actions took
Speaker 1: place before the shooting. Witnesses became critical in answering those questions.
Speaker 1: Their observations helped investigators understand what happened in those final moments.
Speaker 1: The second question involved the search for Delmar. After authorities
Speaker 1: learned that he had left the area, the investigation shifted quickly.
Speaker 1: Finding him became a priority. The vehicle connected to the
Speaker 1: case became a key piece of information. The use of
Speaker 1: license plate recognition technology allowed deputies to follow a trail
Speaker 1: that eventually led them to the location where Delmar was found.
Speaker 1: But the arrest itself created another layer of investigation. Authorities
Speaker 1: reported that Delmar fired at deputies during the confrontation. That
Speaker 1: meant law enforcement had to document another violent encounter connected
Speaker 1: to the case. The evidence from that event would also
Speaker 1: need to be reviewed. Every action, every decision, every piece
Speaker 1: of information, all of it mattered because the justice system
Speaker 1: depends on careful examination it depends on proving what happened,
Speaker 1: not simply believing what happened. As the investigation continued, attention
Speaker 1: also returned to Tegan's life before the tragedy, because understanding
Speaker 1: a victim means understanding the person they were, not only
Speaker 1: the way they died. Teagan was known as Black Cat
Speaker 1: through her music and online presence. She created her own
Speaker 1: identity as an independent artist. She wrote, she performed, she
Speaker 1: promoted herself. She worked to build an audience without the
Speaker 1: support of a major company behind her. That required persistence.
Speaker 1: Many artists spend years trying to find recognition. Tegan's journey
Speaker 1: showed someone willing to create her own opportunities at the
Speaker 1: same time she was raising six children and finding ways
Speaker 1: to support her family. That combination of responsibilities shaped much
Speaker 1: of her daily life. Work, parenting, creativity, survival, all happening
Speaker 1: at once. Those who followed her story often returned to
Speaker 1: the same theme. She was someone who kept going, someone
Speaker 1: who continued pushing forward despite challenges. That determined nation was
Speaker 1: also visible in the way she handled difficult moments publicly.
Speaker 1: She shared parts of her life online. She expressed her opinions,
Speaker 1: She celebrated victories, She discussed frustrations, and because of that openness,
Speaker 1: many people felt connected to her, even if they never
Speaker 1: met her personally. After her death, those same public posts
Speaker 1: became part of the conversation surrounding the case. People searched
Speaker 1: for meaning, They looked for signs. They tried to understand
Speaker 1: whether anything could have predicted what happened. But the reality
Speaker 1: is that tragedies are often complicated. Looking back can create
Speaker 1: the illusion that every warning sign was obvious, but life
Speaker 1: is rarely that simple. Investigators must work with evidence, not hindsight,
Speaker 1: and families must cope with a reality they never expected.
Speaker 1: For Tigan's children, the loss was not a news story.
Speaker 1: It was their life changing forever. The woman who had
Speaker 1: once shielded them from danger was no longer there, The
Speaker 1: person who had worked to provide for them was gone.
Speaker 1: The future they expected had changed. That is the lasting
Speaker 1: impact of violent crime. The effects continue long after the
Speaker 1: investigation begins, long after the headlines disappear, long after the
Speaker 1: camera's leave. The case of Tegan Jones continued through the
Speaker 1: legal system, but her memory remained with the people who
Speaker 1: knew her. Her story was not only about a crime,
Speaker 1: It was about a life, a life that included struggle, ambition,
Speaker 1: love and determination, a life that mattered, And as investigators
Speaker 1: continued working toward the truth, one thing remained clear. The
Speaker 1: final moments of Teagan Joones's life were only one part
Speaker 1: of her story. To understand the full impact of what happened,
Speaker 1: people had to remember everything that came before. The days
Speaker 1: and weeks following Teagan Joones's death brought a different kind
Speaker 1: of investigation, not the search for a missing suspect, not
Speaker 1: the urgency of a developing crime scene, but the careful
Speaker 1: process of understanding what happened and preparing the case for
Speaker 1: the next stage. For investigators, the work continued long after
Speaker 1: the initial response. Every piece of evidence collected had to
Speaker 1: be organized, Every statement had to be reviewed, Every timeline
Speaker 1: had to be checked, because in a case where a
Speaker 1: person has lost their life, accuracy is everything. The investigation
Speaker 1: could not be based on assumptions. It had to be
Speaker 1: based on what could be proven. The events of June seventh,
Speaker 1: twenty twenty six became the center of that examination. A
Speaker 1: day that began like any other day for Tiagan, became
Speaker 1: the final chapter of her life. Before the confrontation, she
Speaker 1: was still working, still pursuing her music, still trying to
Speaker 1: provide for her children, still moving through the routine that
Speaker 1: had defined so much of her life. Then, within a
Speaker 1: short period of time, everything changed. A disagreement became a crisis,
Speaker 1: a public location became the scene of a violent act,
Speaker 1: and a mother of six was fighting for her life.
Speaker 1: For investigators, reconstructing that day required looking at every stage separately.
Speaker 1: The moments before the shooting, the reported confrontation, the actions
Speaker 1: of the people involved, the response from witnesses, the arrival
Speaker 1: of emergency personnel, the search for the suspect, the eventual arrest.
Speaker 1: Each stage carried important information. Each stage helped explain the
Speaker 1: larger picture. But investigations are not only about what happened.
Speaker 1: They are also about why, and that question is often
Speaker 1: the most difficult to answer. Why did a situation reach
Speaker 1: that point, Why did a conflict become violent? What decisions
Speaker 1: were made in those final moments. Those questions can remain
Speaker 1: long after the evidence has been collected. They are questions
Speaker 1: that families often carry even when investigators have completed their work,
Speaker 1: because knowing what happened does not always remove the pain
Speaker 1: of losing someone. Fortigans loved ones, the focus remained on
Speaker 1: the person they knew before the tragedy, the woman behind
Speaker 1: the headlines, the mother behind the investigation, the artist behind
Speaker 1: the name black Cat. Her life contained many chapters that
Speaker 1: existed before the crime. She was someone who created, someone
Speaker 1: who worked, someone who carried responsibilities that many people never
Speaker 1: fully saw. Her journey was not built around one single moment.
Speaker 1: It was built through years of effort, the late nights,
Speaker 1: the sacrifices, the attempts to build something better, the challenges
Speaker 1: she faced while raising her children. Those parts of her
Speaker 1: story became even more important after her death, because remembering
Speaker 1: victims means remembering the whole person, only the final moments,
Speaker 1: not only the investigation, not only the circumstances that ended
Speaker 1: their life. A person is more than what happened to them.
Speaker 1: As the case continued, the charges against del mar to
Speaker 1: Vererez Eugene Black represented. The allegation's authorities believe the evidence supported,
Speaker 1: but the criminal justice system requires every allegation to go
Speaker 1: through a legal process. Evidence must be presented, arguments must
Speaker 1: be considered, and decisions must be made based on the
Speaker 1: facts established through that process. That process exists because justice
Speaker 1: requires careful examination, it requires patience, and it requires allowing
Speaker 1: the evidence to speak while that process continued. Teagan's story
Speaker 1: continued reaching people because of the unusual contrast between survival
Speaker 1: and loss. Five years earlier, she had survived a terrifying
Speaker 1: attack inside her home. That night, she had protected her children,
Speaker 1: She had placed herself between danger and the people who
Speaker 1: depended on her. It was a moment that showed courage
Speaker 1: under unimaginable circumstances. But years later, another violent event changed everything.
Speaker 1: This time, there was no second chance, no opportunity to
Speaker 1: return home, no opportunity to continue the plan she had
Speaker 1: been working toward. The tragedy was not only that Tegan
Speaker 1: Jones died, It was that she left behind a future
Speaker 1: she was still trying to build a future with her children,
Speaker 1: a future with her music, a future filled with possibilities
Speaker 1: that would never happen. And that is why the investigation mattered,
Speaker 1: not only because of the questions surrounding the crime, but
Speaker 1: because a family deserved answers, a community deserved understanding, and
Speaker 1: Tegan's memory deserved to be connected to the life she lived,
Speaker 1: not only the tragedy she experienced. The case continued moving forward,
Speaker 1: The evidence remained at the center. The legal process continued,
Speaker 1: but the story of Tegan Jones remained larger than the
Speaker 1: investigation itself because behind every crime file is a person,
Speaker 1: and behind every person is a story that began long
Speaker 1: before the moment everything changed. As the case continued, the
Speaker 1: investigation into Tegan Johones's death reached the stage where the
Speaker 1: details collected from different sources had to come together into
Speaker 1: one complete account. For detectives, this was the most important
Speaker 1: part of the process. A crime scene can reveal what
Speaker 1: happened in one location, A witness can describe what they saw.
Speaker 1: Technology can provide information about movement and timing, but the
Speaker 1: challenge is connecting everything into a timeline that explains the
Speaker 1: entire event. That process takes patience. It requires reviewing information
Speaker 1: again and again. It requires asking difficult questions, and sometimes
Speaker 1: it requires returning to details that may have seemed small
Speaker 1: at the beginning, because in investigations, small details can become
Speaker 1: important later. A person's location, a vehicle's movement, a statement
Speaker 1: made during an interview, a piece of evidence recovered after
Speaker 1: the incident. Each one can help answer questions that remain.
Speaker 1: For Tigan Jones' case, the events after the shooting were
Speaker 1: also an important part of understanding the full investigation. According
Speaker 1: to authorities. After Tegan was injured, del Mar ta Verrez
Speaker 1: Eugene Black left the area. That decision led to a
Speaker 1: surge that eventually ended with his arrest, but the events
Speaker 1: between those two points became another major focus. How did
Speaker 1: authorities locate him, what happened when they attempted to take
Speaker 1: him into custody, What evidence was recovered, what actions occurred
Speaker 1: during the confrontation with deputies. These questions were examined separately
Speaker 1: from the original shooting, because each part represented a different
Speaker 1: stage of the case. The reported pursuit and standoff created
Speaker 1: a situation where law enforcement had to respond quickly. Officers
Speaker 1: had to balance two responsibilities, taking a suspect into custody
Speaker 1: and protecting everyone involved. The use of crisis negotiators and
Speaker 1: tactical officers showed the seriousness of the situation. Negotiators attempted communication,
Speaker 1: they worked toward a peaceful resolution. Officers maintained positions around
Speaker 1: the area. Eventually, del Mar was taken into custody. The
Speaker 1: immediate danger had ended, but the larger investigation continued. For prosecutors,
Speaker 1: the evidence collected would become the foundation of the case.
Speaker 1: They would have to review every available piece of information.
Speaker 1: They would have to determine how those details supported the charges.
Speaker 1: They would have to prepare for the questions that would
Speaker 1: come from the defense. Because every criminal case involves two sides.
Speaker 1: The prosecution presents its evidence, the defense has the right
Speaker 1: to challenge it. That process exists to ensure that decisions
Speaker 1: are based on facts and proper legal procedures. While the
Speaker 1: legal process focused on evidence, Teagan's family continued experiencing the
Speaker 1: personal side of the tragedy. The loss was not a timeline,
Speaker 1: It was not a case number. It was a permanent
Speaker 1: change in their lives. Her children had lost their mother.
Speaker 1: A family had lost someone who played a central role
Speaker 1: in their daily world. Friends had lost someone whose personality
Speaker 1: and determination had left an impression on them, And a
Speaker 1: community had been forced to confront another act of violence.
Speaker 1: Stories like Tegan's often remain with people because they involve
Speaker 1: questions that do not have easy answers. How can someone
Speaker 1: survive one dangerous moment and later lose their life in another.
Speaker 1: How can a person who spent years protecting others become
Speaker 1: someone who needed protection? How does a family rebuild after
Speaker 1: losing someone so important? There are no simple answers, but
Speaker 1: remembering the full story can be one way of honoring
Speaker 1: a person's life. Teagan was not only only the victim
Speaker 1: in a criminal case. She was also a mother who
Speaker 1: cared for six children, an independent artist who worked to
Speaker 1: share her music, a person who continued chasing goals despite challenges,
Speaker 1: a survivor who had already overcome a frightening attack years earlier.
Speaker 1: Those details mattered because they showed who she was before
Speaker 1: the tragedy, and they reminded people that every victim has
Speaker 1: a story that existed before the crime. As the case
Speaker 1: moved forward, the evidence would continue to determine what happened next,
Speaker 1: the courts would examine the allegations, the facts would be presented,
Speaker 1: and the legal system would decide the outcome. But outside
Speaker 1: of that process, one thing remained unchanged. Teagan Joanes's life
Speaker 1: had meaning. Her story was bigger than one day, bigger
Speaker 1: than one investigation, bigger than one headline. The final moments
Speaker 1: of her life were devastating, but they were not the
Speaker 1: only moments that defined her. Her story was also about
Speaker 1: the years she spent building, creating, and caring for the
Speaker 1: people who depended on her, and that is why the
Speaker 1: investigation into her death was not only a search for answers.
Speaker 1: It was also a reminder of the life that was lost.
Speaker 1: As the investigation continued, authorities remained focused on establishing a
Speaker 1: complete record of the events surrounding Tegan Joones's death. In
Speaker 1: a case like this, the truth is rarely found in
Speaker 1: one dramatic discovery. It is found through persistence, through careful review,
Speaker 1: through the slow process of putting together every available piece
Speaker 1: of information. The public often sees the moments that happen
Speaker 1: in front of cameras, the emergency response, the arrest, the
Speaker 1: statements from officials, But behind those moments is a much
Speaker 1: longer process. Investigators must return to the beginning. They must
Speaker 1: examine what happened before the crime, during the crime, and
Speaker 1: after the crime. Because every part of the timeline matters
Speaker 1: for Tegan's case, The investigation continued focusing on the events
Speaker 1: that led to the confrontation on June seventh, twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1: The relationship between Tegan and del Mar to Verrez Eugene
Speaker 1: Black became an important area of examination. Investigators looked at
Speaker 1: the history between them, They looked at available information, They
Speaker 1: looked at the circumstances that surrounded the final day of
Speaker 1: Teagan's life. But understanding a relationship is rarely simple. A
Speaker 1: person's public image may not reveal everything happening privately. A
Speaker 1: social media post may show emotion, but not the full situation.
Speaker 1: A disagreement may be one moment in a much larger story.
Speaker 1: That is why investigators rely on evidence. They must look
Speaker 1: beyond appearances. They must determine what can be proven. Tegan's
Speaker 1: online activity before her death attracted significant attention. Her posts
Speaker 1: about boundaries, frustration, and moving away from situations she considered
Speaker 1: unhealthy were viewed by many people after the tragedy. Some
Speaker 1: saw them as possible warning signs. Others viewed them as
Speaker 1: expressions of her personality and the way she communicated. But
Speaker 1: investigators had to examine those posts carefully. A message can
Speaker 1: provide context, it can show what someone was feeling, but
Speaker 1: it must be connected to other evidence before it can
Speaker 1: become part of a criminal case. That distinction is important
Speaker 1: because after a tragedy, people naturally search for explanations. They
Speaker 1: look backward. They try to identify moments that might have
Speaker 1: changed the outcome. But investigation are not built on hindsight.
Speaker 1: They are built on facts. While detectives continued reviewing the case,
Speaker 1: Teagan's story continued affecting people. The twenty twenty one shooting
Speaker 1: at her home became one of the most remembered moments
Speaker 1: of her life. Thirteen shots were fired into a house
Speaker 1: where she and her children were present. In those terrifying moments,
Speaker 1: Teagan acted on instinct. She protected her children, She placed
Speaker 1: herself between them and danger. Everyone survived. That story became
Speaker 1: a symbol of her strength as a mother, but the
Speaker 1: tragedy of twenty twenty six created a painful contrast. The
Speaker 1: woman who once protected her children from violence was now
Speaker 1: gone because of another act of violence, and the children
Speaker 1: she had fought to protect were left facing life without her.
Speaker 1: That reality was one of the hardest parts of the case.
Speaker 1: The investigation could explain events, the court could examine evidence,
Speaker 1: but neither could undo the loss. For Tegan's family, the
Speaker 1: impact would continue beyond any legal decision. The loss of
Speaker 1: a parent changes everyday life. It changes celebrations, it changes routines,
Speaker 1: It changes the future of family imagined. That is why
Speaker 1: homicide investigations are not only about the victim's final moments.
Speaker 1: They are also about understanding everything that was taken away,
Speaker 1: the dreams that ended, the relationships affected the future that
Speaker 1: no longer exists. As authorities continued preparing the case, the
Speaker 1: evidence remained central. The shooting scene, the vehicle, the witness accounts,
Speaker 1: the technology records the events during the arrest. Each piece
Speaker 1: contributed to the larger picture, and slowly investigators continued working
Speaker 1: toward the answers that Teagan's family deserved. But even as
Speaker 1: the legal process moved forward, one question remained larger than
Speaker 1: any document or report. Who was Teagan Jones before she
Speaker 1: became known because of tragedy. The answer was found in
Speaker 1: the years before June seventh. She was a mother raising
Speaker 1: six children, an independent artist trying to make her voice heard,
Speaker 1: a woman who worked to create opportunities when none were guaranteed,
Speaker 1: someone who faced challenges and continued moving forward. Her life
Speaker 1: was not defined by one moment. It was defined by
Speaker 1: everything she did before that moment, and that is why
Speaker 1: remembering her story requires looking beyond the crime, because every
Speaker 1: investigation begins with what happened, but every human story begins
Speaker 1: with who someone was. As the case continued through the
Speaker 1: investigative process, one of the most important responsibilities was making
Speaker 1: sure Tigan Joanes's story was not lost beneath the details
Speaker 1: of the crime. In many investigations, the victim's name becomes
Speaker 1: connected to evidence, court documents, and police statements. But behind
Speaker 1: every file is a person, a person with a past,
Speaker 1: a person with relationships, a person with hopes for the future.
Speaker 1: For Tigan, that life was built around determination. She was
Speaker 1: someone who had learned how to keep moving forward even
Speaker 1: when circumstances were difficult. Her journey was not simple. She
Speaker 1: carried responsibilities that required strength every day. She was raising
Speaker 1: six children, she was trying to create financial stability, she
Speaker 1: was pursuing music independently. And she was doing all of
Speaker 1: this while facing the normal challenges. But as investigators continued
Speaker 1: their work, they had to look beyond public impressions. They
Speaker 1: had to focus on what could be established through evidence.
Speaker 1: The investigation continued examining the events of June seventh, twenty
Speaker 1: twenty six. A day that began with ordinary activities became
Speaker 1: a sequence of events that changed multiple lives. Teagan was
Speaker 1: working and continuing her routine. Then came the confrontation, then
Speaker 1: the shooting, then the response from witnesses and emergency personnel,
Speaker 1: then the search for Delmar, then the arrest. Every stage
Speaker 1: created new questions, and every question required careful examination. Investigators
Speaker 1: continued reviewing the information gathered from the different locations connected
Speaker 1: to the case. The parking lot where the confrontation occurred,
Speaker 1: the roadway where Tegan was struck, the location where deputies
Speaker 1: found the vehicle, the scene where del Mar was taken
Speaker 1: into custody. Each location represented a different chapter of the investigation.
Speaker 1: Each contained evidence that helped explain what happened. The use
Speaker 1: of technology also demonstrated how modern investigations have changed. License
Speaker 1: plate recognition systems helped law enforcement track the vehicle connected
Speaker 1: to the case. These systems do not solve crime by themselves.
Speaker 1: They do not replace detectives, but they can provide important
Speaker 1: information that helps investigators locate vehicles, establish movement, and build timelines.
Speaker 1: In this case, that technology became one of the tools
Speaker 1: used during the search for Delmar. The investigation also examined
Speaker 1: the reported confrontation with deputies after the vehicle was located.
Speaker 1: Authorities stated that del Mar refused commands and that gunfire
Speaker 1: was exchanged. Because of this, the arrest became another major
Speaker 1: part of the case. Every action during that encounter had
Speaker 1: to be documented, Every decision had to be reviewed, Every
Speaker 1: piece of evidence had to be preserved that careful process
Speaker 1: is necessary because criminal cases are ultimately decided by what
Speaker 1: can be proven, not simply what people believe happened. As
Speaker 1: the investigation continued, the case remained connected to a larger
Speaker 1: conversation about violence and the warning signs that can appear
Speaker 1: before a tragedy. Teagan's social media posts before her death
Speaker 1: became part of that conversation. People looked at her messages
Speaker 1: about relationships, respect, and personal boundaries. They wondered whether those
Speaker 1: posts showed signs of what was coming. But understanding warning
Speaker 1: signs is complicated. Sometimes people express frustration without being in
Speaker 1: immediate danger. Sometimes serious situations develop in ways that are
Speaker 1: difficult for others to see. That is why conversations about
Speaker 1: safety and support are important, because recognizing concerning behavior can
Speaker 1: sometimes make a difference. For Teagan's family, however, the most
Speaker 1: important thing was not only understanding what happened. It was
Speaker 1: remembering who she was. A mother, an artist, a survivor,
Speaker 1: the person who had once stood between danger and her children,
Speaker 1: the person who continued working toward her goals, the person
Speaker 1: whose absence would now affect six children for the rest
Speaker 1: of their lives. The investigation could document the events of
Speaker 1: June seventh, but it could not capture every moment that
Speaker 1: made Teagan who she was. The private conversations, the family memories,
Speaker 1: the small moments that never appear in official records. Those
Speaker 1: are the parts of a person's life that remain with
Speaker 1: loved ones, and those are the parts that remind people
Speaker 1: that every victim was more than the crime that ended
Speaker 1: their life. As the legal process continued, the evidence would
Speaker 1: determine what happened next. The allegations against del Mar Tavrez
Speaker 1: Eugene Black would continue through the justice system. The facts
Speaker 1: would be examined, the case would move forward according to
Speaker 1: legal procedures, but Teagan's story would continue beyond the court
Speaker 1: room because the impact of a life is not measured
Speaker 1: only by how it ended. It is measured by the
Speaker 1: lives it touched, And for those who knew Tigan Jones,
Speaker 1: her story was always going to be about more than tragedy.
Speaker 1: It was about resilience, It was about perseverance, and it
Speaker 1: was about a woman who spent her life trying to
Speaker 1: protect and provide for the people she loved. As the
Speaker 1: investigation moved deeper into the legal process, the focus remained
Speaker 1: on transforming a chaotic series of events into a clear
Speaker 1: and understandable timeline. For investigators, this is one of the
Speaker 1: most challenging parts of any homicide case. The first hours
Speaker 1: after a crime are filled with uncertainty. Witnesses remember what
Speaker 1: they saw, Officers respond to what they know. At that moment.
Speaker 1: Evidence is collected while the situation is still developing, but
Speaker 1: as time pass, investigators begin the difficult work of separating
Speaker 1: the confusion from the facts. They begin asking the questions
Speaker 1: that matter most. What happened, when did it happen, who
Speaker 1: was involved, and what evidence can prove it. In Tigan
Speaker 1: Jones's case, the answers depended on carefully examining every stage
Speaker 1: of the events that led to her death. The confrontation,
Speaker 1: the shooting, the escape, the pursuit, the arrest, the medical response.
Speaker 1: The investigation did not focus on one isolated moment. It
Speaker 1: focused on the entire chain of events, because every decision
Speaker 1: made that day became part of the story. According to authorities,
Speaker 1: witnesses saw Tegan and del mar to Verrez Eugene Black
Speaker 1: together before the shooting. The two were involved in a
Speaker 1: confrontation that eventually moved into the area near the Circle
Speaker 1: K parking lot. At some point the situation escalated. Authorities
Speaker 1: said Tegan attempted to leave. That decision became one of
Speaker 1: the most significant moments in the case because the act
Speaker 1: of walking away represented an attempt in the confrontation, but
Speaker 1: according to investigators, that attempt did not prevent the violence
Speaker 1: that followed. The reported shooting changed everything. Within moments, a
Speaker 1: public location became the scene of a major investigation. Emergency
Speaker 1: calls were made, responders arrived, witnesses were left trying to
Speaker 1: understand what they had just seen, and Tagan Jones was
Speaker 1: transported for medical care. For the people who witnessed those moments,
Speaker 1: the memory would likely remain permanent. Prime scenes are not
Speaker 1: only locations where evidence is collected. They are places where
Speaker 1: people experience events that can change their lives. A parking
Speaker 1: lot that once represented an ordinary stop during a normal
Speaker 1: day became connected forever to a tragedy. As medical professionals
Speaker 1: worked to save Tigan, law enforcement continued searching for Delmar,
Speaker 1: the investigation shifted from responding to the scene to locating
Speaker 1: a suspect. The vehicle connected to the case became an
Speaker 1: important lead. Authorities used available technology to track its movement,
Speaker 1: but instead of ending peacefully, authorities reported that the situation
Speaker 1: became another dangerous confrontation. This created a second emergency. The
Speaker 1: officers responding had to make decisions quickly. They had to
Speaker 1: protect themselves, they had to protect the public, and they
Speaker 1: had to attempt to bring the situation to an end.
Speaker 1: The involvement of SWAT officers and crisis negotiators showed the
Speaker 1: seriousness of the standoff. Negotiators attempted communication. They worked to
Speaker 1: convince del Mar to surrender. The goal was to prevent
Speaker 1: further violence. After hours of tension, del Mar was taken
Speaker 1: into custody. The search had ended, but the consequences of
Speaker 1: that day were only beginning. For Tigan, the fight continued
Speaker 1: inside the hospital. For her family, every update carried the
Speaker 1: possibility of hope and fear. They waited for news. They
Speaker 1: hoped she would recover. They hoped the woman who had
Speaker 1: survived so much before would survive again. But five days
Speaker 1: later that hope disappeared. On June twelfth, twenty twenty six,
Speaker 1: Teagan Jones died from her injuries. The announcement changed the case.
Speaker 1: The investigation that had already involved serious allegations became a
Speaker 1: homicide investigation. The charges against del Mar Tavrez Eugene Black
Speaker 1: were upgraded to murder. But beyond the legal language was
Speaker 1: a human reality. A mother was gone, six children lost
Speaker 1: the person who had spent years caring for them, A
Speaker 1: family lost someone they loved, A community lost someone whose
Speaker 1: story had touched many people, and the tragedy became even
Speaker 1: more painful because of the life Teagan had already fought
Speaker 1: to protect years earlier. She had stood between danger and
Speaker 1: her children. She had survived. She had shown courage in
Speaker 1: a moment when she had every reason to be afraid.
Speaker 1: That memory became one of the most powerful parts of
Speaker 1: how people remembered her, because Teagan's story was not simply
Speaker 1: about how she died. It was also about how she lived.
Speaker 1: She was a woman who worked for her family, a
Speaker 1: woman who pursued her dreams, a woman who created music,
Speaker 1: a woman who kept going despite challenges. Her final moments
Speaker 1: were tragic, but they were only one chapter of a
Speaker 1: much larger story, and as the justice system moved forward,
Speaker 1: the question remained the same. How did a woman who
Speaker 1: had survived so much become the victim of another act
Speaker 1: of violence? The answer would depend on the evidence, the testimony,
Speaker 1: the investigation, and the legal process that would follow. But
Speaker 1: one thing was already clear. Teagan Joones's life had mattered
Speaker 1: long before her name appeared in a criminal case, and
Speaker 1: her story deserved to be remembered beyond the tragedy that
Speaker 1: ended it. As the legal process moved forward, the case
Speaker 1: of Tegan Jones entered a new phase. The urgency of
Speaker 1: the search was over, the suspect had been taken into custody,
Speaker 1: the investigation had moved from the streets of making into reports,
Speaker 1: evidence reviews, and court proceedings. But for everyone connected to
Speaker 1: the case, the questions remained. What exactly happened that day,
Speaker 1: what led to the confrontation, could anything have prevented the tragedy,
Speaker 1: and what would justice look like for a family that
Speaker 1: had lost a mother, a daughter, and a loved one.
Speaker 1: Those questions are often the hardest part of any criminal case,
Speaker 1: because an arrest can provide a sense that something is changed,
Speaker 1: But an arrest does not erase the pain. It does
Speaker 1: not bring someone back, It does not restore the future
Speaker 1: that was taken away. For Tegan's family, the months and
Speaker 1: years ahead would involve living with a loss that could
Speaker 1: never truly be reversed, But the legal system continued moving forward,
Speaker 1: and within that system, evidence remained the foundation. The prosecution's
Speaker 1: responsibility was to present the facts surrounding the allegations. The
Speaker 1: defense would have the responsibility to challenge those facts and
Speaker 1: present its own arguments. Every piece of evidence would have
Speaker 1: to be examined, Every witness would have to be considered,
Speaker 1: Every detail would have to be evaluated. That process exists
Speaker 1: because the outcome of a criminal case must be based
Speaker 1: on proof, not emotion, not public opinion, not assumptions, only evidence.
Speaker 1: As investigators prepared the case, the events of June seventh
Speaker 1: remained the central timeline. The confrontation between Teagan and Delmar,
Speaker 1: the reported shooting, the attempt to flee, the search by
Speaker 1: law enforcement, the confrontation with deputies, the arrest, and finally
Speaker 1: the devastating announcement that Tegan had died. Each moment connect
Speaker 1: That is why a strong investigation uses multiple sources of information.
Speaker 1: One person's memory, a camera record, a physical item, a
Speaker 1: digital record. Together, these pieces create a more complete picture.
Speaker 1: The investigation also continued examining the circumstances surrounding the area
Speaker 1: rest of del Mar. Authorities reported that he was located
Speaker 1: using vehicle tracking information and that the encounter became dangerous
Speaker 1: when he allegedly refused commands and exchanged gunfire with deputies.
Speaker 1: That event added additional charges and another layer of complexity
Speaker 1: to the case, because now investigators were examining not only
Speaker 1: the death of Tigan Jones, but also the events involving
Speaker 1: law enforcement during the attempt to take del Mar into custody.
Speaker 1: The justice system would eventually have to examine all of
Speaker 1: those details, but outside the courtroom, the focus remained on Teagan,
Speaker 1: her life, her children, her legacy. The story of Tiagan
Speaker 1: Jones continued resonating because of the contrast between the person
Speaker 1: people remembered and the way her life ended. She was
Speaker 1: someone who had already survived a terrifying experience, someone who
Speaker 1: had faced danger and protected her children, Someone who had
Speaker 1: continued working through challenges, someone who had dreams beyond simply surviving.
Speaker 1: Her music represented one part of that dream, her children
Speaker 1: represented another. Everything she did reflected a desire to build something,
Speaker 1: creates stability to keep moving forward. That was the person
Speaker 1: many people remembered, not only the victim of a crime,
Speaker 1: but a woman with ambition, a woman with responsibilities, a
Speaker 1: woman with a story that existed long before June seventh,
Speaker 1: twenty twenty six. And that is why the investigation mattered,
Speaker 1: because justice is not only about punishment. It is also
Speaker 1: about recognizing the value of the life that was lost.
Speaker 1: It is about giving families answers, It is about creating accountability,
Speaker 1: and it is about making sure that victims are remembered
Speaker 1: as complete human beings. As the case continued, Teagan's name
Speaker 1: remained connected to both tragedy and strength. The tragedy of
Speaker 1: a life taken too soon, the strength of a woman
Speaker 1: who had survived difficult moments and continued fighting forward. Her
Speaker 1: story was complicated. It contained pain, but it also contained courage,
Speaker 1: and as the legal process moved closer toward the next stages,
Speaker 1: one question remained at the center of everything. Would the
Speaker 1: evidence reveal the full truth of what happened to Tigan Jones?
Speaker 1: Only time, investigation, and the justice system would answer that question.
Speaker 1: As the case continued toward the next stages of the
Speaker 1: legal process, investigators and prosecutors remained focused on one central responsibility,
Speaker 1: making sure the story presented in court was supported by evidence.
Speaker 1: Because in a case involving the loss of a human life,
Speaker 1: every detail matters, The timeline matters, the testimony matters, The
Speaker 1: evidence matters, and sometimes the smallest details can become the
Speaker 1: most important parts of a case. For Tigen Jones family, however,
Speaker 1: the legal process represented only one part of their reality.
Speaker 1: The court system could examine what happened. It could determine responsibility,
Speaker 1: It could deliver a legal outcome, but it could not
Speaker 1: answer every emotional question left behind. It could not explain
Speaker 1: why someone who had survived so much was no longer there.
Speaker 1: It could not replace the years of memories that would
Speaker 1: never be created. It could not fill the space left
Speaker 1: behind in the lives of her six children. That was
Speaker 1: the difference between justice and healing. Justice could happen through
Speaker 1: the legal system, healing would be a much longer journey.
Speaker 1: As investigators continued reviewing the case, they returned again in
Speaker 1: and again to the timeline of events, because timelines often
Speaker 1: reveal the truth hidden inside a confusing situation. Before June seventh,
Speaker 1: Teagan's life followed the same pattern it had for years. Work, family, music, responsibility.
Speaker 1: She continued searching for ways to provide for her children
Speaker 1: while pursuing her own goals. Her life was not easy,
Speaker 1: but she continued moving forward. Then came the final day,
Speaker 1: a day that began with normal responsibilities, a day that
Speaker 1: ended with a criminal investigation. That contrast, remained one of
Speaker 1: the most difficult parts of understanding the case. How could
Speaker 1: an ordinary day transform into something so devastating? That question
Speaker 1: is one investigator's face often, because most tragedies do not
Speaker 1: announce themselves beforehand. They developed through a series of medical
Speaker 1: information documented the seriousness of Teagan's injuries and the fight
Speaker 1: to save her life. Each piece had a purpose, Each
Speaker 1: piece contributed to the larger story. Meanwhile, public attention remained
Speaker 1: focused on the relationship between Teagan and del Mar. Many
Speaker 1: people wondered whether there were signs that something was wrong,
Speaker 1: whether certain moments should have been recognized earlier, whether someone
Speaker 1: could have intervened. But those questions are difficult because people
Speaker 1: outside a relationship often see only pieces. They see public interactions,
Speaker 1: they see social media posts, they see moments shared with
Speaker 1: the world. They do not always see what happens privately.
Speaker 1: That is why investigators must be careful. A complete understanding
Speaker 1: requires more than looking backward. It requires examining all available evidence,
Speaker 1: and it requires acknowledging what is known and what remains uncertain.
Speaker 1: Teagan's social media presence continued to be discussed because it
Speaker 1: showed parts of her personality. She was direct, she was outspoken,
Speaker 1: she expressed herself openly. That was part of who she was.
Speaker 1: For some people, those posts represented strength. For others, they
Speaker 1: represented possible warning signs, but regardless of interpretation, they showed
Speaker 1: something important. Tagan had a voice. She shared her thoughts,
Speaker 1: she shared her ambitions. She shared pieces of her life,
Speaker 1: and after her death, those pieces became a way for
Speaker 1: people to remember her beyond the investigation, beyond the charges,
Speaker 1: beyond the headlines. They showed a person, a mother, an artist,
Speaker 1: a woman who was still building her future. That future
Speaker 1: was what made the loss so painful, because Teagan was
Speaker 1: not someone who had stopped dreaming. She was still working,
Speaker 1: still creating, still planning, still trying to give her children
Speaker 1: a better life. Her story was interrupted, but it was
Speaker 1: not empty, and as the case continued moving through the
Speaker 1: justice system, that remained one of the most important reminders.
Speaker 1: A victim is never only the moment when their life ended.
Speaker 1: A victim is the entire life that came before. The memories,
Speaker 1: the struggles, the achievements, the people who love them, the
Speaker 1: dreams they carried. Teagan Joan's story contained all of those things,
Speaker 1: and as the investigation continued seeking answers, her family continued
Speaker 1: carrying her memory, because even when a criminal case reaches
Speaker 1: its conclusion, the impact of a lost life continues. The
Speaker 1: court room may eventually close, the reports may eventually be completed,
Speaker 1: but for the people who love Teagan, her story will
Speaker 1: ever truly end. As the case continued to develop, the
Speaker 1: focus remained on the evidence and the search for a
Speaker 1: complete understanding of the events that led to Tegan Jones death.
Speaker 1: For investigators, every criminal case eventually reaches a point where
Speaker 1: the initial questions must become clearer answers. The first moments
Speaker 1: after a crime are about response, saving lives, protecting people,
Speaker 1: finding suspects, securing the scene, but the days and weeks
Speaker 1: that follow are about something different, understanding, reconstructing. Explaining that
Speaker 1: process requires investigators to look at the entire picture, not
Speaker 1: just the most shocking moments, because the final moments of
Speaker 1: a person's life are only one part of a much
Speaker 1: larger story, and in Teagan's case, that larger story was
Speaker 1: impossible to ignore. She was a woman who had spent
Speaker 1: years fighting through difficult circumstances. She was a mother raising
Speaker 1: six children. She was an independent artist, trying to build
Speaker 1: something from her own talent and determination. She was someone
Speaker 1: who had already faced a terrifying moment years earlier and survived.
Speaker 1: That history made her death even more difficult for many
Speaker 1: people to understand. How could someone who had survived a
Speaker 1: situation that seemed impossible to survive later become the victim
Speaker 1: of another violent act. That question stayed with many people
Speaker 1: who learned about her story, but investigators had to focus
Speaker 1: on the facts. They had to examine the evidence from
Speaker 1: June seventh, twenty twenty six. The day began like many others,
Speaker 1: Teagan was working. She was continuing her routine. She was
Speaker 1: still focused on providing for her children and pursuing her goals.
Speaker 1: There was no public indication that the day would become
Speaker 1: a turning point. But by the afternoon everything changed. A
Speaker 1: confrontation developed, the situation escalated, and, according to authorities, Teagan
Speaker 1: attempted to leave. That moment became a major part of
Speaker 1: the investigation because investigators believed her movement away from the
Speaker 1: confrontation was a critical part of understanding what happened next.
Speaker 1: The evidence would need to show what occurred during those
Speaker 1: final moments where people were located what actions took place,
Speaker 1: how quickly events unfolded, and what happened immediately afterward. Those
Speaker 1: details would become important as the case moved through the
Speaker 1: legal system. Meanwhile, the arrest of Delmar to Verrez Eugene
Speaker 1: Black remained another major part of the investigation. Authorities stated
Speaker 1: that after leaving the original scene, Delmar was located through
Speaker 1: information connected to the vehicle he was driving. The search
Speaker 1: that followed eventually led deputies to another confrontation. That confrontation
Speaker 1: required a significant law enforcement response. The involvement of tactical
Speaker 1: teams and crisis negotiators demonstrated how serious the situation had become.
Speaker 1: Officers were faced with the responsibility of ending the standoff
Speaker 1: while preventing additional harm. Eventually, Delmar was taken into custody,
Speaker 1: but the arrest did not end the investigation. It only
Speaker 1: changed its direction. Now investigators had to prepare the case
Speaker 1: for the next stage. The evidence had to be organized,
Speaker 1: reports had to be completed, information had to be reviewed.
Speaker 1: The events of that day had to be explained in
Speaker 1: a way that could be examined in court for the
Speaker 1: family of Tigan Jones. However, the most important questions were
Speaker 1: not only legal, They were personal. They wanted to understand
Speaker 1: how a life filled with so much responsibility and determination
Speaker 1: could end this way. They wanted people to know that
Speaker 1: Teagan was more than the victim in a criminal investigation.
Speaker 1: She was a person who had spent years working for
Speaker 1: her family. She was a person who created music because
Speaker 1: it was part of who she was. She was a
Speaker 1: person who shared her life openly because she wanted to
Speaker 1: connect with others. She was a person whose children depended
Speaker 1: on her. That was the reality behind the case file,
Speaker 1: and that reality is often what gets lost when a
Speaker 1: person becomes known only because of tragedy. The headline's focus
Speaker 1: on what happened, but families remember who someone was. They
Speaker 1: remember the conversations, the laughter, the difficult moments, the achievements,
Speaker 1: the everyday memories that never appear in official documents. Those
Speaker 1: memories become the true record of a person's life. As
Speaker 1: the legal process continued, the questions surrounding Teagan's death remained serious,
Speaker 1: but so did the responsibility to remember her life before
Speaker 1: that moment. Because every investigation begins with a crime, but
Speaker 1: every story begins with a person, and Teagan Joan's story
Speaker 1: began long before the day she became the center of
Speaker 1: an investigation. It began with a mother raising her children,
Speaker 1: an artist chasing a dream, a woman refusing to stop
Speaker 1: moving forward, and even after tragedy changed everything, those parts
Speaker 1: of her story remained. As the case continued, the investigation
Speaker 1: moved further away from the chaos of the initial response
Speaker 1: and deeper into the careful process of accountability. The flashing
Speaker 1: lights were gone, the emergency calls had ended, the suspect
Speaker 1: had been taken into custody, but the search for answers continued.
Speaker 1: Because an arrest is not the end of a criminal investigation,
Speaker 1: it is the beginning of the process, where every detail
Speaker 1: must be examined under a much closer lance. Investigators now
Speaker 1: had to prepare for the questions that would come later.
Speaker 1: Could the evidence clearly explain what happened? Could the timeline
Speaker 1: be proven, Could witness accounts be supported by other information?
Speaker 1: Could every major event be connected together? Those questions would
Speaker 1: shape the future of the case. The investigation into Tigan
Speaker 1: Joan's death was built around a series of moments. A
Speaker 1: relationship that had reached a breaking point, a confrontation in public,
Speaker 1: a woman attempting to leave, a shooting that changed everything,
Speaker 1: A search for the person accused of causing her injuries,
Speaker 1: and an arrest that brought a temporary end to the
Speaker 1: immediate danger. But criminal cases are not only about what happened,
Speaker 1: They are also about what can be proven. That difference
Speaker 1: is one of the most important parts of a justice system.
Speaker 1: A community may have questions, a family may have pain,
Speaker 1: the public may have opinions, but the court room depends
Speaker 1: on evidence. Evidence that can be examined, evidence that can
Speaker 1: be challenged, evidence that can withstand scrutiny. For prosecutors, the
Speaker 1: task ahead would be presenting that evidence clearly. For the defense,
Speaker 1: the task would be examining the evidence and challenging anything
Speaker 1: that could be questioned. That process exists because the justice
Speaker 1: system requires fairness. Every allegation must be tested, every piece
Speaker 1: of information must be reviewed, and every decision must be
Speaker 1: based on what can be established. While that legal process
Speaker 1: prepared to move forward, the human side of the case
Speaker 1: remained impossible to ignore. Teagan's death left behind six children
Speaker 1: who had already experienced moments no child should have to experience.
Speaker 1: Years earlier, they had survived the terrifying night when gunfire
Speaker 1: entered their home. That night, Teagan became their protector. She
Speaker 1: reacted without hesitation. She placed herself between danger and her children.
Speaker 1: She became the reason they survived. That memory remained one
Speaker 1: of the strongest examples of who Teagan was. A mother
Speaker 1: whose first instinct was to protect, a woman who carried
Speaker 1: responsibility even in moments of fear, and that is why
Speaker 1: the circumstances of her death were so painful, because the
Speaker 1: person who had always fought to keep her family safe
Speaker 1: was suddenly the person they could no longer reach. Her
Speaker 1: children would grow up with the memories she left behind,
Speaker 1: the stories people shared about her, the music she created,
Speaker 1: the moments captured before tragedy. But they would also grow
Speaker 1: up with questions. Questions about why it happened, Questions about
Speaker 1: whether anything could have been different, Questions that many families
Speaker 1: affected by violent crime cary for years. As the investigation continued,
Speaker 1: Teagan's life remained an important part of understanding the full
Speaker 1: impact of the Caseity was not limited to the crime.
Speaker 1: She was not only the woman named in police reports.
Speaker 1: She was a mother, an artist, a person with dreams,
Speaker 1: a person who worked to create opportunities, a person who
Speaker 1: believed in building something better. Her music represented that desire.
Speaker 1: She was not waiting for someone else to create a
Speaker 1: path for her. She was creating her own. She promoted
Speaker 1: her work, she shared her ideas, She continued pushing forward
Speaker 1: even when the process was difficult. That determination became part
Speaker 1: of her legacy because even after tragedy, people remembered the
Speaker 1: way she lived. They remembered the effort, the ambition, the personality,
Speaker 1: the strength. The investigation would continue through official channels, the
Speaker 1: evidence would continue being reviewed, the legal process would continue
Speaker 1: moving forward. But outside of court rooms and reports, another
Speaker 1: process was happening. People were trying to understand the loss
Speaker 1: of someone who had become important to them. They were
Speaker 1: remembering Tiagan before the headlines, before the investigation, before the tragedy,
Speaker 1: and that is often one of the most important parts
Speaker 1: of telling a victim's story, not allowing the way someone
Speaker 1: died to completely replace the story of how they lived.
Speaker 1: Teagan Joones's final moments were tragic, but her entire life
Speaker 1: was not tragedy. Her life included struggle, it included creativity,
Speaker 1: it included love, it included determination, And as the case
Speaker 1: continued toward its next chapter, one thing remained clear. The
Speaker 1: search for justice was also a search to preserve the
Speaker 1: truth about who Tigan Jones really was not just how
Speaker 1: she was lost, but who she was before she was gone.
Speaker 1: As the case continued to move through the justice system,
Speaker 1: the attention surrounding Teagan Joanes's death remained focused on two
Speaker 1: separate but connected realities. One was the legal process, the investigation,
Speaker 1: the evidence, the charges, the responsibility of proving what happened.
Speaker 1: The other was the personal loss, the empty space left behind,
Speaker 1: the family trying to understand life without Teagan, the children
Speaker 1: who would have to grow up carrying memories of a
Speaker 1: mother who had always fought for them. Both realities existed
Speaker 1: at the same time, and both told an important part
Speaker 1: of the story. For investigators, the work required patients. Even
Speaker 1: when the public believes a case is clear, law enforcement
Speaker 1: must still build a case that can stand under examination.
Speaker 1: Every detail must be documented, Every piece of evidence must
Speaker 1: have a purpose. Every conclusion must be supported. That is
Speaker 1: the difference between suspicion and proof. A person may believe
Speaker 1: they understand what happened, but a courtroom requires something stronger.
Speaker 1: It requires facts. The investigation continued examining the timeline of
Speaker 1: June seventh, twenty twenty six, the moments before the confrontation,
Speaker 1: the events inside the parking lot, the actions that followed,
Speaker 1: the search for Delmar, the encounter with deputies, and the aftermath.
Speaker 1: Each part of the timeline represented a different question, and
Speaker 1: each question required answers. What happened before the argument, What
Speaker 1: caused the situation to escalate, What did witnesses observe, what
Speaker 1: evidence supported those observations. How did the suspect move from
Speaker 1: one location to another? What happened during the arrest. These
Speaker 1: questions formed the foundation of the case. But while investigators
Speaker 1: looked toward evidence, Teagan's loved ones continued looking back toward memories.
Speaker 1: They remembered the person who existed before the tragedy. They
Speaker 1: remembered the woman who worked long hours, the mother who
Speaker 1: carried the responsibility of raising six children, the artist who
Speaker 1: created music and promoted herself, the person who refused to
Speaker 1: give up despite difficult circumstances. That was the side of
Speaker 1: Teagan that many people wanted the world to understand, because
Speaker 1: a victim is never only the final event that happened
Speaker 1: to them. A victim is an entire lifetime, a collection
Speaker 1: of moments, a person's dreams, a person's struggles, a person's
Speaker 1: impact on others, And for Tigan, those moments were everywhere.
Speaker 1: They were in the songs she created, They were in
Speaker 1: the conversations she shared, They were in the memories of
Speaker 1: her children. They were in the people who saw her
Speaker 1: continue pushing forward. Her story was one of someone who
Speaker 1: constantly tried to build something better, even when circumstances were difficult.
Speaker 1: She continued working, even when support was limited. She continued
Speaker 1: searching for solutions. Even when life placed heavy responsibilities on
Speaker 1: her shoulders. She continued moving. That determination was one of
Speaker 1: the strongest themes connected to her life, and it was
Speaker 1: also one of the reasons her death affected so many people,
Speaker 1: because people were not only mourning what happened. They were
Speaker 1: mourning what would never happen, the future moments that would
Speaker 1: never come, the songs she would never create, the memories
Speaker 1: she would never make with her children, the chapters of
Speaker 1: her life that would remain unwritten. That is the lasting
Speaker 1: impact of violent crime. It does not only take away
Speaker 1: the present, it takes away the future. As the legal
Speaker 1: process continued, the evidence remained the center of the case.
Speaker 1: The justice system would examine the facts, the claims would
Speaker 1: be tested, the information collected by investigators would be reviewed,
Speaker 1: and the outcome would depend on what could be proven.
Speaker 1: But beyond the court room, Teagan's story continued to carry
Speaker 1: another message, a reminder that behind every crime report is
Speaker 1: a human being, someone who had a history, someone who
Speaker 1: had goals, someone who had people who loved them. The
Speaker 1: investigation into Tigan Jones's death was about determining what happened
Speaker 1: on a tragic day in making, but remembering Teagan Jones
Speaker 1: was about understanding everything that came before that day, the artist,
Speaker 1: the survivor, the woman who had already overcome moments that
Speaker 1: many people would never experience. Her story did not begin
Speaker 1: with violence, and it should not end there, because the
Speaker 1: full picture of a person is always larger than the
Speaker 1: moment they are lost. And as the case continued forward,
Speaker 1: the search for justice continued, alongside the responsibility to remember
Speaker 1: the life behind the tragedy. As the case continued, the
Speaker 1: investigation entered a stage where the focus shifted from immediate
Speaker 1: events to the deeper questions surrounding accountability. The first hours
Speaker 1: after a violent crime are filled with urgency. Officers respond,
Speaker 1: medical teams fight to save lives, Suspects are located, scenes
Speaker 1: are secured, But after that urgency fades, another kind of
Speaker 1: work begins. The work of understanding, the work of proving,
Speaker 1: the work of making sure every important detail is recorded
Speaker 1: correctly Fatigan Jones case. That meant carefully examining the chain
Speaker 1: of events that began on June seventh, twenty twenty six,
Speaker 1: and ended with a family receiving the news they never
Speaker 1: wanted to hear. Gone. A community was shaken, and investigators
Speaker 1: were left with the responsibility of explaining how it happened.
Speaker 1: The evidence collected throughout the investigation would become the foundation
Speaker 1: of that explanation. The witness accounts, the vehicle information, the
Speaker 1: records connected to the pursuit, the events surrounding the arrest,
Speaker 1: the medical findings. Each part helped create a timeline, and
Speaker 1: a timeline is one of the most powerful tools investigators
Speaker 1: have because time reveals connections. It shows what happened before,
Speaker 1: it shows what happened after. It shows how one action
Speaker 1: led to another. In Teagan's case, the timeline showed a
Speaker 1: rapid series of events, a confrontation, a moment of violence,
Speaker 1: a desperate attempt to escape, a search for the person
Speaker 1: authorities believed was responsible, and an arrest that ended the
Speaker 1: immediate threat. But even with the timeline established, investigators still
Speaker 1: had to examine the deeper questions. What caused the situation
Speaker 1: to reach that point, What decisions were made, What could
Speaker 1: the evidence reveal about those final moments. Those questions would
Speaker 1: remain central as the case move forward. Meanwhile, the memory
Speaker 1: of Teagan continued spreading beyond the investigation. People who learned
Speaker 1: her story continued returning to the same details. A mother
Speaker 1: of six, an independent artist, a woman who had survived
Speaker 1: a previous attack, a person who had spent years working
Speaker 1: to create a better future. The twenty twenty one shooting
Speaker 1: remained one of the most significant parts of her story.
Speaker 1: That night danger entered her home, her response was immediate.
Speaker 1: She protected her children, She placed their safety above her own.
Speaker 1: The fact that all six children survived became a powerful
Speaker 1: reminder of the bond between a mother and her Arguments
Speaker 1: must be heard, facts must be examined, The outcome must
Speaker 1: come from the legal process itself. That process can take time,
Speaker 1: and for families, waiting can be one of the hardest parts,
Speaker 1: because while legal proceedings move according to rules and procedures,
Speaker 1: grief does not follow a schedule. There is no timeline
Speaker 1: for missing someone, no deadline for accepting loss, no simple
Speaker 1: way to move forward after a life has been taken.
Speaker 1: For Tegan's family, the loss was personal every single day.
Speaker 1: Her absence would be felt in ordinary moments, in conversations
Speaker 1: that would never happen, in milestones she would never witness,
Speaker 1: in the everyday parts of life where her presence once existed.
Speaker 1: That is the reality that remains after the cameras leave
Speaker 1: in the headline's fade. The investigation may eventually end, the
Speaker 1: court process may eventually reach a conclusion, but families continue
Speaker 1: living with what happened. And that is why telling the
Speaker 1: story of a victim matters, because it restores something that
Speaker 1: crime can take away. It restores identity. It reminds people
Speaker 1: that before there was an investigation, there was a person.
Speaker 1: Teagan Jones was not defined only by the violence that
Speaker 1: ended her life. She was defined by the years before it,
Speaker 1: the work she did, the children she loved, the music
Speaker 1: she created, the challenges she faced, the determination she showed.
Speaker 1: Her story was about survival long before it became about tragedy.
Speaker 1: And as the case continued moving through the justice system,
Speaker 1: one question remained at the center of everything. Would the
Speaker 1: evidence provide the answers that Teagan's family had been waiting
Speaker 1: for the only way forward was through the process, through
Speaker 1: investigat through testimony, through the pursuit of truth, because for
Speaker 1: everyone connected to this case, the search was not only
Speaker 1: about what happened, it was about understanding why. As the
Speaker 1: case moved forward, the investigation into Tigan Joan's death continued,
Speaker 1: revealing the difficult reality of criminal cases. The moment of
Speaker 1: violence may happen in seconds, but understanding those seconds can
Speaker 1: take months or even years. Investigators must look backward. They
Speaker 1: must reconstruct the past. They must examine decisions, movements, conversations,
Speaker 1: and evidence. They must attempt to answer questions that remain
Speaker 1: after a tragedy. And sometimes the hardest questions are not
Speaker 1: about what happened. They are about the moments before, the
Speaker 1: moments when a situation was still changing, the moments when
Speaker 1: different choices could have created a different outcome. For Tigan
Speaker 1: Jones's case, those moments became a major part of understanding
Speaker 1: the tragedy. The relationship between Teagan and del mar to
Speaker 1: Verrez Eugene Black was examined because it formed the background
Speaker 1: of the confrontation. Investigators looked at what was known. They
Speaker 1: reviewed available information, examine the circumstances surrounding their final interaction.
Speaker 1: But relationships are rarely simple. They are made up of
Speaker 1: many moments, good moments, difficult moments, private moments that outsiders
Speaker 1: never see. That is why investigators cannot rely on assumptions.
Speaker 1: They must separate what is proven from what is only believed.
Speaker 1: The evidence must lead the story, not the other way around.
Speaker 1: As authorities continued their work, the events of June seventh
Speaker 1: remained the center of the timeline. The reported argument, the
Speaker 1: movement toward the parking lot, the actions witnessed by people nearby,
Speaker 1: the moment Teagan attempted to leave, the shooting, the response
Speaker 1: from emergency personnel, the search that followed. Each stage created
Speaker 1: another piece of information, and each piece had to be
Speaker 1: carefully preserved, because in a criminal case, even one detail
Speaker 1: can change the understanding of an event. A witness who
Speaker 1: remembers a specific action, a record that confirms a location,
Speaker 1: a piece of technology that establishes movement, a recovered item
Speaker 1: connected to the investigation. Together, these details create the foundation
Speaker 1: of account on ability. The search for Delmar after the
Speaker 1: shooting also became an important part of the story. According
Speaker 1: to authorities, the vehicle connected to the case became a
Speaker 1: critical lead. The use of license plate recognition technology helped
Speaker 1: deputies locate the vehicle. That information allowed law enforcement to
Speaker 1: narrow their search, but finding the vehicle did not mean
Speaker 1: the situation was over. Instead, it created another dangerous confrontation.
Speaker 1: Authorities reported that Delmar refused to surrender and that gunfire
Speaker 1: was exchanged with deputies. The response required additional resources, tactical officers,
Speaker 1: crisis negotiators, a coordinated effort to end the situation. For
Speaker 1: those officers, the priority was preventing further harm. Eventually, Delmar
Speaker 1: was taken into custody, but the arrest represented only one
Speaker 1: step in the larger process. The investigation continued, the legal
Speaker 1: review continued, and the questions surrounding Teagan's death remained. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: the public continued learning more about the woman behind the case.
Speaker 1: The more people heard about Teagan's life, the clearer it
Speaker 1: became that she would more than the circumstances surrounding her death.
Speaker 1: She was someone who created, someone who worked, someone who
Speaker 1: cared for her children, someone who continued chasing goals despite
Speaker 1: difficult circumstances. Her identity as an independent artist showed her determination.
Speaker 1: She did not wait for someone else to create opportunities
Speaker 1: for her. She promoted herself. She built her own image,
Speaker 1: She shared her music, she continued trying to reach people.
Speaker 1: That same determination was visible in other parts of her life.
Speaker 1: She found ways to provide for her family. She balanced
Speaker 1: responsibilities that required constant effort. She kept moving even when
Speaker 1: life was difficult. That was the person many people wanted remembered,
Speaker 1: not only the victim in a homicide investigation, but the
Speaker 1: person who lived before the tragedy, because when someone dies violently,
Speaker 1: the danger is that their entire identity becomes reduced to
Speaker 1: the way they were lost. But Teagan's story was larger.
Speaker 1: It included years of experiences, years of relationships, years of effort,
Speaker 1: years of moments that shaped who she was. Her children
Speaker 1: knew her as their mother, Supporters knew her as an artist.
Speaker 1: Her friends knew her as a person with a strong
Speaker 1: personality and a determined spirit. Those memories existed before the
Speaker 1: investigation ever began, and they would remain long after the
Speaker 1: legal process ended. As the case continued, investigators and prosecutors
Speaker 1: moved closer toward presenting their findings. The evidence would be examined,
Speaker 1: the allegations would be tested. The legal system would determine
Speaker 1: what came next. But no court room decision could change
Speaker 1: one undeniable fact. Teagan Jones was gone, a woman who
Speaker 1: had survived before, a woman who had protected her children before,
Speaker 1: a woman who still had dreams ahead of her. Her
Speaker 1: story became a reminder that every person involved in a
Speaker 1: crime case is connected to a much larger human story,
Speaker 1: and understanding that story is part of understanding the true
Speaker 1: cost of violence. As the case moved closer to its
Speaker 1: final chapters, the focus began shifting from what happened on
Speaker 1: that day in June to what would remain after it.
Speaker 1: Because every criminal case has two endings, the legal ending
Speaker 1: and the human ending. The legal ending is written in
Speaker 1: court documents, it is measured by charges, hearings, evidence and decisions,
Speaker 1: But the human ending is carried by the people left behind,
Speaker 1: by families, by children, by communities that must continue living
Speaker 1: after a life has been taken away. For Tigan Jones's family,
Speaker 1: there would never be a moment when the case simply disappeared.
Speaker 1: The loss would continue in ordinary moments, in the mornings
Speaker 1: when her children woke up, in the milestones she would
Speaker 1: never see, in the conversations that would never happen in
Speaker 1: the future. She had spent years trying to build. Six
Speaker 1: children had once survived because their mother refused to let
Speaker 1: fear overcome her. Five years earlier, when bullets tore through
Speaker 1: their home, Teagan made a choice that defined who she was.
Speaker 1: She protected them, She placed herself between danger and the
Speaker 1: people she loved most. That moment showed the kind of
Speaker 1: person she was. A mother whose first instinct was sacrifice,
Speaker 1: a woman who fought for her family, a survivor who
Speaker 1: refused to give up. But the tragedy of June twenty
Speaker 1: twenty six was that the woman who had spent so
Speaker 1: much of her life protecting others could not protect herself
Speaker 1: from what came next. Her final moments became the subject
Speaker 1: of an investigation. Her name became connected to a criminal case,
Speaker 1: but those who knew her understood that her story was
Speaker 1: much bigger than the circumstances of her death. Teagan Jones
Speaker 1: was a person before she became a victim. She was
Speaker 1: a mother before she became a headline. She was an
Speaker 1: artist before she became part of an investigation. She was
Speaker 1: a woman with goals, struggles, dreams, and responsibilities. She was
Speaker 1: someone who worked to create opportunities instead of waiting for them.
Speaker 1: Someone who continued pushing forward even when life demanded more
Speaker 1: from her than it should have. That is the part
Speaker 1: of her story that remains, not only the tragedy, but
Speaker 1: the life that came before it. The songs she created,
Speaker 1: the children she raised, the determination she carried, the strength
Speaker 1: people saw in her. As the legal process continued, the
Speaker 1: evidence collected by investigators would remain at the center. The
Speaker 1: witness accounts, the timeline, the records, the information gathered after
Speaker 1: the shooting and during the search for del mar to
Speaker 1: Verrez Eugene Black. Every piece would be examined through the
Speaker 1: justice system, because justice is not about forgetting the victim.
Speaker 1: It is about making sure the truth is carefully established.
Speaker 1: For Tegan's family, however, justice could never mean getting their
Speaker 1: loved one back. No verdict could restore the years they
Speaker 1: expected to have with her. No court room decision could
Speaker 1: replace some mother's presence. No sentence could erase the pain
Speaker 1: of losing someone who had been such a central part
Speaker 1: of their lives. But remembering her story could do something important.
Speaker 1: It could make sure she was never reduced to only
Speaker 1: one terrible moment. It could remind people that behind every
Speaker 1: crime statistic is a real person, someone who laughed, someone
Speaker 1: who dreamed, someone who mattered. Teagan Joan's life was marked
Speaker 1: by resilience. She survived a terrifying attack, she raised six children,
Speaker 1: She pursued her music, she continued working toward a better future,
Speaker 1: and even after tragedy, the story of her life continued
Speaker 1: through the people who loved her, her children, her family,
Speaker 1: her supporters, the people who heard her story and remembered
Speaker 1: the importance of seeing victims as complete human beings, because
Speaker 1: every life as chapters. Some chapters are filled with struggle,
Speaker 1: some are filled with hope. Some are filled with moments
Speaker 1: that define a person forever. For Tigan, one of those
Speaker 1: moments was the night she protected her children. Another was
Speaker 1: the years she spent building a life for them. The
Speaker 1: final chapter was written in violence, but that was never
Speaker 1: the entire story. The entire story was a mother who fought,
Speaker 1: an artist who created, a woman who kept moving forward,
Speaker 1: and a person whose life left an impact beyond the
Speaker 1: circumstances that ended it. The case of Teagan Jones remains
Speaker 1: a reminder that behind every investigation is a human story,
Speaker 1: a reminder that warning signs matter, that choices have consequences,
Speaker 1: that families carry the weight of lost long after the
Speaker 1: cameras leave, and that every victim deserves to be rem