On the night of September 12, 2025, police were called to an apartment complex in the 200 block of Bostic Drive in Longview after reports of gunfire. Officers arrived around 10:31 p.m. and found two male victims with gunshot wounds. One was taken to a hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening. The other, Jonathan Lee, male, of Lakeport, Texas, was pronounced dead at the scene by a Gregg County Justice of the Peace.
Investigators initially described the shooting as the result of a disturbance and believed it to be an isolated incident, noting that the shooter had left the area before officers arrived.
In the days that followed, Jonathan Lee, male, was memorialized in local and national gun-violence trackers, which confirmed he was killed by gunfire in Longview on September 12, 2025, while local coverage reiterated that the suspect left prior to police arrival and that detectives were pursuing leads.
On September 17, 2025, Longview police announced the arrest of 21-year-old Ja'Rya Lashay Wilson on a first-degree murder charge in connection with the shooting that killed Jonathan Lee, male. She was booked into the Gregg County Jail; contemporaneous reporting listed her bond at $50,000. Authorities stated the investigation remained active even after the arrest.
