Javon Nathaniel Gooden, known as Mad Maxx, was a 20-year-old from Texarkana, Texas who was killed on October 30, 2021, during a Halloween party at Octavia’s Event Center. The shooting occurred about 11:56 PM; Javon was among several people struck and was taken to Christus St. Michael Hospital, where he later died. Other victims, aged 15 to 23, suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were treated at local hospitals.

The Texarkana Texas Police Department identified 21-year-old Keuntae McElroy of Texarkana, Arkansas, as the primary suspect. McElroy was charged with murder and nine counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a felony arrest warrant was issued early Sunday morning, and he later turned himself in and was booked into the Bi-State Jail. Detectives say the shooting followed a disturbance among some partygoers and that about 200 people were at the venue; investigators have requested video or photographs taken inside the venue during or just before the shooting as they prepare probable cause affidavits for additional arrest warrants.

Javon is survived by his mother Katrina Gooden, father Leonard Townsend, step-father Odis Birl, sister Jalexsia Gooden, four brothers James, Jonquarius, Jalen and LV, and grandparents Delois Ivery, John R. Griffin and Carl Ivery. Does anyone who attended that event or who has footage from Octavia’s Event Center on October 30 have information to share with investigators?