On the evening of August 11, 2020, a male resident of New Bedford, Massachusetts, 41-year-old Ausarmaat Rahotep, was fatally shot. The incident occurred at approximately 9:51 PM in the vicinity of 139 Dartmouth Street. Responding to reports of a shooting, New Bedford Police officers discovered Rahotep at the scene with multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to St.
Luke's Hospital with life-threatening injuries and was pronounced dead at 10:16 PM.
The investigation into the death of Rahotep, who was also known to his family as Carlos Toty Dos Santos, led to the swift identification of a suspect. Two days after the shooting, on August 13, 2020, 27-year-old Jonovan Gonzalez of New Bedford was arrested and charged with murder, carrying an illegal firearm, and carrying a loaded illegal firearm. Authorities did not immediately release a motive for the shooting. Court documents and news reports from the time detailed that the investigation relied on evidence from video footage and cellphone data.
In April 2025, Jonovan Gonzalez was convicted in Fall River Superior Court of the murder of Ausarmaat Rahotep. The conviction also included the firearms charges. His sentencing was scheduled for the following month. News reports following the shooting mentioned a prior incident involving Rahotep; in 2017, he was arrested in Florida for allegedly making threats against then-President Donald Trump.
