Jonatan Jose Martinez was 22 and from Allentown, Pennsylvania when he was fatally shot on February 26, 2021, in a Whitehall Township Walmart parking lot on MacArthur Road. The shooting happened during a planned child custody exchange and left Martinez and 20-year-old Nicolette Law dead at the scene. The Lehigh County coroner’s office ruled Martinez’s death a homicide and an autopsy was performed to determine the exact cause of death.

The Whitehall Township Police and the Lehigh County Homicide Task Force investigated the case alongside the Lehigh County district attorney’s office. A man was arrested a few days after the shooting and charged in connection with the incident. The community mourned Martinez and Law, with gatherings to remember them and offer condolences to their families.

If anyone who knew Jonatan or was in the area that day has information, please share it with investigators.