On the night of June 22, 2022, 39-year-old Javier Gonzalez–Mena was in his room at the Red Roof Inn on Shady Grove Road in Rockville, Maryland, when a knock came at the door at approximately 11:30 p.m. He stepped outside and encountered two men, Sergey Danshin and Micah Clemons. After a brief confrontation, Danshin left and then returned minutes later with his face covered.

He ambushed and fatally shot Gonzalez–Mena while the victim’s girlfriend sat holding his hand. After the shooting Danshin removed his covering and the girlfriend recognized him; Danshin then forced her into a waiting getaway car. She called 911 as soon as she could, a call that led to the arrest of Danshin, Clemons and the getaway driver, Willman Quintanilla.

What details about motive or how the three men came to target Gonzalez–Mena have not been released; anyone with information is asked to come forward.