{
  "id": "2024-06-22-temple-university-milan-jones-murder",
  "slug": "temple-university-milan-jones-murder-2024-06-22",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Temple University",
    "shortName": "Temple",
    "state": "PA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "TUalert",
    "enrollment": 38000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-06-22",
    "type": "domestic-violence",
    "cleryCategory": "advisory",
    "headline": "A 4:04 AM Medical-Emergency Call: Temple Nursing Student Milan Jones Killed by Her Boyfriend in North Philadelphia",
    "summary": "Temple University nursing student [Milan Jones, 20, was found dead of blunt-force trauma](https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/milan-jones-temple-student-killed-tymir-lackey/) on the second floor of a home on the 1400 block of Willington Street in North Philadelphia on June 22, 2024, in what police called a domestic violence incident. Fellow Temple student [Tymir Lackey, 23, later pleaded guilty to third-degree murder](https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio/news/local/tymir-lackey-sentenced-murder-milan-jones) and was sentenced to 15 to 40 years in prison.",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "outcome": "Milan Jones was pronounced dead at the scene. Tymir Lackey, also a Temple student, was arrested and initially charged with recklessly endangering another person and evidence tampering; he was later charged with murder and pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and tampering with evidence, receiving a sentence of 15 to 40 years in prison. Temple placed Lackey on immediate suspension after his arrest.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 1,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "follow-up",
      "timestampApprox": "On or shortly after Saturday, June 22, 2024",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "The loss of this promising young woman is a tragedy that will deeply impact her fellow students and our faculty and staff. She enjoyed helping and caring for others, and her decision to pursue a career in nursing reflects just that. There is no doubt that she had a very bright future ahead of her, which makes delivering this news especially difficult.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://now.temple.edu/announcements/2024-06-23/tragic-loss-promising-student",
      "sourceDescription": "Temple University official statement, \"A tragic loss of a promising student,\" Temple Now",
      "annotations": [
        "This was a written Temple Now announcement, not a live TUalert emergency text: the killing happened at an off-campus North Philadelphia residence and was discovered by police responding to a medical-emergency call at 4:04 a.m., not during an active threat on university property",
        "Temple's statement confirmed Jones was entering her third year in the College of Public Health's nursing program and noted she was placing Lackey, also a Temple student, on immediate suspension pending the outcome of the investigation",
        "Philadelphia police, not Temple police, led the homicide investigation since the crime scene fell outside Temple's patrol zone; Temple police provided supporting assistance"
      ],
      "characterCount": 353
    }
  ],
  "context": "Milan Jones, a 20-year-old Temple University nursing student about to begin her third year in the College of Public Health, was found dead of blunt-force trauma on the second floor of a home on the 1400 block of Willington Street in North Philadelphia. Police [responded to a report of a medical emergency at 4:04 a.m. on June 22, 2024](https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/milan-jones-temple-student-killed-tymir-lackey/) and pronounced Jones dead at the scene minutes later. Investigators arrested fellow Temple student [Tymir Lackey, 23, whom family members said had been in a relationship with Jones](https://www.inquirer.com/crime/temple-student-domestic-murder-girlfriend-20240623.html); he was initially charged with recklessly endangering another person and tampering with evidence before prosecutors added a murder charge. Lackey [pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and evidence tampering in March 2025](https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio/news/local/tymir-lackey-sentenced-murder-milan-jones) and was sentenced to 15 to 40 years in prison. Temple University issued a statement mourning Jones as a 'promising young woman' and confirmed it had placed Lackey on immediate suspension. Jones's family later [established a scholarship in her memory](https://www.fox29.com/news/family-temple-nursing-student-killed-domestic-violence-act-establishes-scholarship-her-memory) to support future Temple nursing students.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Philadelphia police classified the killing as a domestic violence incident from the outset, and Temple's own statement did not dispute that framing, even though Jones and Lackey were dating rather than married or officially cohabiting",
    "The killing occurred at an off-campus North Philadelphia residence outside Temple's patrol zone, so Philadelphia police led the investigation with Temple police in a supporting role, and Temple's public response was a Temple Now statement rather than a live TUalert",
    "Lackey was initially charged with lesser offenses (reckless endangerment, evidence tampering) before a murder charge was added, illustrating how the severity of charges in campus intimate-partner-violence cases can escalate as an investigation develops",
    "The case led to the creation of a memorial nursing scholarship in Jones's name, one of several ways Temple's community response extended beyond the initial statement"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Temple student killed in apparent domestic violence incident in North Philadelphia, police say (CBS Philadelphia)",
      "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/milan-jones-temple-student-killed-tymir-lackey/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Temple student charged with murdering his girlfriend, who was also a student (The Philadelphia Inquirer)",
      "url": "https://www.inquirer.com/crime/temple-student-domestic-murder-girlfriend-20240623.html",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Man sentenced up to 40 years in prison for murder of Temple nursing student (Audacy/KYW Newsradio)",
      "url": "https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio/news/local/tymir-lackey-sentenced-murder-milan-jones",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "A tragic loss of a promising student (Temple Now, official Temple University announcement)",
      "url": "https://now.temple.edu/announcements/2024-06-23/tragic-loss-promising-student",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Family of Temple nursing student killed in domestic violence act establishes scholarship in her memory (FOX 29 Philadelphia)",
      "url": "https://www.fox29.com/news/family-temple-nursing-student-killed-domestic-violence-act-establishes-scholarship-her-memory",
      "type": "local-media"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "domestic-violence",
    "intimate-partner-violence",
    "off-campus",
    "pennsylvania",
    "philadelphia",
    "nursing-student",
    "temple"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-03",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-03",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}