Jose Jesus Gonzalez, 34, was shot on the morning of June 20, 2025, at Nations Tobin Park in Northeast El Paso and later died at University Medical Center that same day. A 911 call came in at 8:48 a.m.; officers found a red car crashed into a tree at 8831 Railroad Drive with three men suffering gunshot wounds. Medics stabilized victims at the scene, a helicopter evacuated one patient, and two others were taken by ambulance.

Detectives identified the two survivors as 22-year-olds Jacob Mathew Gonzalez and Ethan Alexander Ramos. Within days, Robert Joseph Privett, 22, was arrested on a murder charge and booked on a $1,000,000 bond after investigators named him the prime suspect. Surveillance video reportedly showed the suspect at the park before and after the shooting, a wounded survivor identified him to officers, and a witness said they saw a man firing into the side of the crashed car before fleeing.

An obituary confirmed Jose Jesus Gonzalez’s death and remembered him as a devoted son, brother, and father; a family fundraiser said two younger relatives also survived the shooting. Does anyone have information about what led to the shooting or was at the park that morning?