On July 27, 2024, a confrontation in Highland, California, left two men dead after a confrontation that began on the 210 Freeway. Jonathan McConnell, 38, of Corona, was lane-splitting on a motorcycle and collided with a sedan driven by 37-year-old Aaron Harris of Highland, who had his two children, ages 2 and 5, in the car. McConnell did not stop after the collision and continued to a parking lot at Joy’s Lounge, 27141 Baseline Street, where he met acquaintances. Harris pursued him off the freeway into that parking lot.

When Harris exited his vehicle and began shouting threats, McConnell approached Harris’s car and Harris fired a gun at him. McConnell, who was also armed, returned fire. Both men suffered critical injuries and later died at a nearby hospital. A bystander sustained a non-fatal gunshot wound to the hand; Harris’s children and other bystanders were unharmed. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Specialized Investigations Division, Homicide Detail, is leading the investigation and asks anyone with information to contact Detective Shawn Thurman at 909-890-4904.

If anyone witnessed the collision on the 210 or the confrontation at Joy’s Lounge, or has information about what happened that evening, please share it with investigators.