Chilling timeline lays bare harrowing final moments of Preston Lord as he was 'viciously beaten to death by Gilbert Goon gang' in Arizona

A new timeline lays bare the horror of the fatal beating of 16-year-old Preston Lord by a gang of teens in Arizona. 

Lord was assaulted at a Halloween party last October and found on a nearby sidewalk in Queen Creek, a suburb of Phoenix. 

Talan Renner, 17, is accused of being the bully who delivered the devastating 'hammer punches' that ended the young athlete's life. 

Witnesses told police Renner punched Lord at least four times as the victim was knocked to the ground, before kicking him at least once.

Renner then stepped away and allowed the other alleged teen delinquents, who call themselves the 'Gilbert Goons,' to each take a turn assaulting Lord.

The other six murder suspects then took turns stomping, punching and even humping Lord as he laid on the ground, according to a police report and as reported by The Arizona Republic. 

Preston Lord, 16, was left to die on a Queen Creek road outside Phoenix after being attacked at the party on October 28 and suffering critical wounds

Talan Renner, 17, is accused of being the bully who delivered the devastating 'hammer punches' that ended Lord's life 

A memorial for Preston Lord is seen by the sidewalk where he was found unconscious

Repeat offenders William 'Owen' Hines, 18, and Dominic Turner, 20, were seen kicking Lord. Jacob Meisner, 17, charged in other Goon assaults, was also seen hitting Lord multiple times. 

Treston Billey, 18, another Goon previously accused in various assaults, was allegedly the last to attack, jumping on Lord's head as he yelled: 'F*** you, pu***!'

Then, Taylor Sherman, 19, is accused of opening Snapchat on his phone to record rescuers dragging Lord's body out of the street.

He reportedly said: 'Slumped the f*** out. Haha.'

Talyn Vigil then allegedly ran to his car and told his girlfriend: 'I just knocked out a kid cold ... we have to go, we have to leave.'

Lord died from his brain injuries at the hospital two days later, but police did not make any arrests for months, until March, sparking frustration in a community that has been rocked by teen violence over the last years.

All seven suspects have pled not guilty to Lord's murder, and all but Vigil, who posted bail last week, remain in jail awaiting trial.

Lord's murder suspects Billey and Meisner are seen above. Both were previously accused in assaults connected to the so-called Gilber Goons

Suspect Talyn Vigil ran to his car and told his girlfriend: 'I just knocked out a kid cold ... we have to go, we have to leave'

By 9.40pm, the Goons had caught up to Lord and his friends, and Dominic Turner snatched a $10 gold chain from the boy who had recorded the previous altercation

Sherman told police as they left the scene that Renner said: 'I might have hospitalized that kid... I hit him pretty hard.'

Lord's friends told police that while they did not know any of the attackers, Billey zeroed in on one of Lord's friends after he began recording another altercation involving the murder suspects.

The boy told Billey he deleted the video, but the Goons continued targeting Lord and his friends, who tried retreating away from the party but were followed by the teen delinquents. 

As they chased them, the Goons were reportedly singing a disturbing tone that went: ' Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye.'

By 9.40pm, the Goons had caught up to Lord and his friends, and Turner snatched a $10 gold chain from the boy who had recorded the previous altercation, according to police reports.

The Goons then began playing hot potato with the gold chain as they mocked the boys and incited him to 'do something' about the stolen chain, it's alleged.

Taylor Sherman, 19, opened Snapchat on his phone to record rescuers dragging Lord's body out of the street

Repeat offender William 'Owen' Hines, 18, was also seen assaulting Lord

Despite the taunts, the boy tried walking away but soon felt a hit to the right side of his head. The punch was thrown by Meisner, witnesses told police, and it sparked the chaos that followed.

Lord and his friends began running away but the Goons gave chase again, pushing a 14-year-old to the ground before allegedly punching him in the head and leaving him with a broken wrist. 

The Goons then caught up to Lord, and knocked him to the ground with a punch before taking turns assaulting him. It's unclear who threw the first punch, with some witnesses pointing to Renner and others to Vigil. 

The boys' have a similar name, and Renner's father Travis Renner has been accused of using the similarity in names to try to pin the murder on Vigil, who is the only suspect released on bail. 

The beating took seconds, and the Goons reportedly headed to their cars after 'twerking' and 'air humping' Lord's body.

According to a former employee of Travis Renner, an attempted coverup began almost immediately after Lord's murder.

Ashley Reynolds, who used to work at Relentless Media Agency, has claimed that her former bosses Travis Renner and Adam Kifer openly discussed their plans to hide evidence and shift blame on Talyn Vigil.

Travis Renner and his business partner reportedly plotted to bring Talan to a cabin until the injuries he sustained while handing out the beating healed. Detectives recorded that Renner’s family had 'financial means to aid in fleeing to Mexico' and he was taken out of the Phoenix area after the attack on Preston.

The businessmen said Preston's beating was part of some sort of initiation, as Talan wanted to participate in beatings like the ones carried out by the Gilbert Goons, Reynolds said.

Court documents say none of the suspects knew Preston before they attacked him over a gold chain.

Arizona businessman Travis Renner has been accused of helping his teen son cover up the murder of a 16-year-old boy who was beaten to death after a house party

Reynolds claimed she was instructed to backdate electronic calendar entries to make it appear as if Talan was out of town the day of the Halloween party. She added her former bosses even came up for a way for Renner to divest himself from the company to minimize the possibility of lawsuits.

Renner's business partner Kifer then allegedly requested Reynolds sign a nondisclosure agreement. He told Arizona Republic he has 'no connection to the allegations involving the Renner family.'

Reynolds spoke with the local outlet before anyone had been charged with Preston's murder.

Queen Creek police Chief Randy Brice confirmed detectives spoke with Reynolds, who provided information that aligned with their findings.

'The statements that were made that related to our case corroborated what we already knew. ... It was corroboration rather than a contradiction,' the police chief said. 'It's information that we already knew through a different set of interviews.'

The Renner home was raided by police in November, but Talan was not arrested until later.

Renner's other son Kyler has been charged in connection with two separate gang attacks at a parking garage and a house party in 2022.

Travis Renner was also arrested in January on suspicion of drug possession and paraphernalia charges while his son Kyler was taken into custody over the gang violence claims.

The father has not been charged with the alleged coverup.