Jonathan Cook was 27 and from Austin, Texas, when he was shot and killed on July 18, 2014 while celebrating his birthday. The shooting occurred after a disturbance at the Budget Lodge Hotel on Rundberg Lane; Cook was not a guest there and did not know the motel security guard, Robert Earl Goins II, who shot him. The cause of death was a gunshot wound to the chest and the manner was ruled homicide.

Goins was arrested and charged with murder and held in the Travis County Jail with bond set at $300,000. Police were seeking additional information from the public as the investigation continued. Cook’s family and friends remembered him as a loving person and the case prompted calls for accountability and scrutiny of security officers’ use of force.

Did anyone witness the disturbance at the Budget Lodge who hasn’t yet spoken with investigators?