On the evening of August 26, 2024, 22-year-old Jaishawn Darell Johnson was shot and killed in a strip mall parking lot on Shadeland Avenue in Indianapolis. Johnson and a 3-year-old boy, Armonie Booker, were found inside a car with gunshot wounds; Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene and Armonie later died at a hospital. Witnesses reported hearing gunshots and some mentioned a possible altercation, though initial accounts left many details unclear.

Investigators reviewed surveillance from a liquor store at the strip mall that showed a man leaving the store and walking toward Johnson’s vehicle before gunfire erupted. Police identified 22-year-old William Paschall-Young through the ID he used at the store and corroborated his presence with phone records placing him at the scene. By November 2024, Paschall-Young was arrested and charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of Johnson and Armonie.

Johnson’s mentor said he had recently earned his GED and was working to turn his life around; he was remembered as someone who brought energy and laughter to a room. Does anyone have information about what led to that night or witnessed the incident?