A fourth suspect has been arrested and charged in connection to a deadly shooting at a Lehigh County park’s basketball court in 2024, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Joel Garcia-Paulino is accused of helping three other suspects commit the crime and was charged with criminal homicide and other related charges.
The charges stem from a shooting that happened at Fountain Park on the 900 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Allentown around 6:30 p.m. on June 1, 2024, police reported.
When responding officers made it to the park, they found 25-year-old Angel Martinez-Velez shot to death on the basketball court, officials said.
Witness who were in the area, said they saw two cars, a dark-colored Honda and a white-colored car, investigators explained. The witness also said the man who committed the shooting was allegedly wearing a red jacket, black pants and a mask.
Cameras throughout Fountain Park captured two cars matching the descriptions from the witnesses leaving the park, officials said.
While reviewing the camera footage, investigators explained that they were able to see the license plate of the dark Honda and saw that a front seat passenger was wearing a red jacket.
According to officials, investigators figured out that the other car was an Infinity registered to Carlos Nathaniel Landesta-Agramonte who would become a suspect.
Both of the cars were found at Landesta-Agramonte’s home and taken into police custody on the same day of the shooting, police said.
Garcia-Paulino was identified coming out of the driver’s seat of the Honda, investigators said. Cameras captured him helping the three other suspects take items out of the two cars after the shooting happened.
Through the investigation, Grelvis Estevez Cabrera and Wilmer Esquiel Marte-Tavarez were also identified as suspects, officials said.
Landesta-Agramonte pleaded guilty to murder and other charges on Sept. 29, 2025, and is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 25, officials reported. He faces a maximum of up to 40 years in prison.
On Oct. 3, 2025, Estevez Cabrera was found guilty by a jury of criminal homicide, murder and other related charges. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 5 and faces a maximum of life in prison without parole.
Marte-Tavarez is waiting for trial with his formal arraignment scheduled for Nov. 6.
Garcia-Paulino was arrested on Oct. 10 and is being held at Lehigh County Jail without bail.