Jahlik R. Colon, 24, of Temple in Berks County, was shot multiple times the evening of October 1, 2025, on the 100 block of North Eighth Street in Center City Allentown. Officers responding around 5:42 p.m. found Colon wounded in the doorway of an apartment building; he was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest and pronounced dead at about 6:12 p.m. The county coroner ruled the killing a homicide.

Investigators used city surveillance cameras and Flock Safety license-plate readers to reconstruct movements before and after the shooting. Video linked a 2001 silver Honda Accord to Jason Luis Gonzalez, showing Gonzalez sprinting toward the building immediately before the shots and returning to the car, which Garfield St. Bernard McLean Jr. was driving. The Accord was stopped about 7:12 p.m. on the Eighth Street Bridge and a 9mm handgun with a live round, consistent with the weapon used, was recovered.

Authorities allege Gonzalez fired the shots that killed Colon and nearly struck a second man, prompting an added reckless endangerment count. Gonzalez, 25, and McLean, 30, were each charged with criminal homicide, conspiracy to commit homicide and firearm-related counts tied to prior felony convictions; both were booked without bail and preliminary hearings were set for October 8, 2025. The investigation remains active.

Did anyone in Allentown see the silver 2001 Honda Accord or have information about the movements on North Eighth Street that evening?