Seventeen-year-old Jayden Long of Loganville was shot and killed during a private birthday party at the Love to Dream event venue on Brown Road in Buford in the early morning hours of Saturday, March 22, 2025. Gwinnett County police were called about a person shot at approximately 2:09 a.m.; officers found Long with a gunshot wound, and he was later pronounced dead at the scene after first responders performed chest compressions.

The Gwinnett County Police Department’s Homicide Unit took over the investigation. At the time of initial reports the motive and sequence of events that led to the shooting were not clear, the shooter had not been identified or taken into custody, and authorities asked the public for help. The venue owner said security had been present and is cooperating with investigators; police offered a cash reward for tips that could lead to an arrest and indictment.

If anyone attended that party or has information about what happened that night, please share what is known with Gwinnett County police.