On October 30, 2019, 19-year-old Jonathan Eliel Martinez-Cruz of Killeen, Texas, was found shot in the parking lot of a townhouse complex on the 3900 block of Old FM‑440. Residents discovered his body just before 10:00 p.m. and called 911. He was taken to Carl R. Darnell Army Medical Center in critical condition and was pronounced dead at the hospital just over an hour later.

Detectives sent his body to the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas for an autopsy and opened an investigation. That same night Killeen experienced another fatal shooting in the 2100 block of Reese Creek Road; police say the two incidents are not connected and a suspect in the Reese Creek Road death was taken into custody. Authorities offered a Crime Stoppers reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest in Martinez-Cruz’s case.

No arrests or suspects have been publicly linked to Jonathan Eliel Martinez-Cruz’s homicide. If anyone has information that could help investigators, please contact the Killeen Police Department or Crime Stoppers.