Jermaine Derick Mullen, 29, was killed in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in the early morning hours of Saturday, December 9, 2023. Police responded around 3:30 a.m. to reports of gunfire in the 1000 block of Memorial Avenue and found Mullen’s body in the street; he had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy recorded four gunshot wounds: two to the back, one to the shoulder, and one to the face that appeared close range. When found he had no identification, wallet, or money on him.

Authorities located Mullen’s car nearby on Isabella Street with its engine still running after it had struck a parked vehicle. Surveillance footage placed him at a downtown tavern earlier that night with Benjamin Villanueva III. Investigators say Villanueva and Davon Tamel Grissom coordinated to rob Mullen, allegedly forcing him into the trunk of his own car and tying him with shoelaces; the prosecution’s account says Mullen escaped the trunk, ran, and Villanueva then jumped from the moving car and opened fire.

By the time of these reports a jury had convicted Benjamin Villanueva III of criminal homicide, aggravated assault, tampering with evidence, and carrying a firearm without a license. Davon Tamel Grissom had been arrested and was facing multiple charges including second-degree murder, robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, and kidnapping. Did anyone who knew Jermaine or his movements that night see him at the tavern or downtown that evening?