Plea deal rescinded after Fort Wayne man didn’t ‘testify truthfully’ against co-defendant in deadly shooting

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Prosecutors have taken back a plea deal offered to a Fort Wayne man in a deadly 2024 shooting after he “did not testify truthfully” against his co-defendant last week.

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Donavon Gonzalez, 20, testified against his co-defendant, 20-year-old Dairyon McClendon, last week as part of his plea agreement, which called for him to plead guilty to robbery and a firearm enhancement in exchange for murder and felony murder charges against Gonzalez being dismissed.

Prosecutors say Gonzalez didn’t hold up his end of the bargain, claiming he didn’t testify truthfully, and that his “testimony materially differed from statements he previously provided.”

Both men were charged in the shooting death of 20-year-old Damarion Tywan Lundy.

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Gonzalez is scheduled to go to trial in April.

After McClendon’s bench trial last week, Allen Superior Court Judge David Zent found him guilty of murder, felony murder, and a firearm sentencing enhancement in connection.

McClendon is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 19.

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