On February 5, 2024, 59-year-old Jonathan Mauk of Highland, California, was shot and killed in the parking lot of a Walmart after a minor vehicle collision. Mauk had been at the store about 8 p.m. to buy ingredients for his homemade beef jerky. Witnesses say his vehicle lightly struck a car driven by 37-year-old Shawntece Marie Norton; Mauk stepped out to apologize and was reportedly shot in the face. Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene.

Authorities arrested Norton about 12 hours later at a nearby apartment complex and recovered an unregistered firearm believed to be the weapon. She was charged with murder with special allegations of personal and intentional use of a firearm, pleaded not guilty, and was held without bail pending further proceedings. Mauk’s family remembered him as a generous man who loved classic cars and worked at Carey’s Fine Automobiles; a GoFundMe was set up to help with funeral costs.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about what happened in the Walmart parking lot, please share what you know.