Fifteen-year-old Jonathan Gonzalez of Millington, Tennessee, was shot dead on the morning of November 29, 2020. Law enforcement found him in the 6000 block of Covington Pike Road in north Shelby County with a gunshot wound to the chest after a call came in at about 9:30 a.m. Investigators determined Gonzalez and his older brother had arranged to meet two individuals for a planned purchase when the encounter turned violent.

Shelby County investigators identified 20-year-old Desmond Goodwyn of Drummonds and another man as suspects. Cell phone data led officers to Goodwyn in the Hickory Hill area; a search of the residence where he was found recovered weapons, phones, and drugs. Goodwyn allegedly admitted that he and his cousin followed Gonzalez to Covington Pike, that a gun was drawn, and that he shot Gonzalez, then took Gonzalez’s firearm, disassembled it, and discarded it in a wooded area.

Goodwyn was arrested and charged; an April 2021 Shelby County grand jury indicted him on first-degree murder in the perpetration of a robbery, especially aggravated robbery, and aggravated robbery. The case was assigned to District Attorney’s Vertical Team 3. Does anyone have information about the planned meeting or the other man involved?