Cazarius Gardner was 13 when he was fatally shot while sitting as a passenger in a parked car at the intersection of Everette and Claude Streets in Batesville, Mississippi. The shooting happened on a Sunday night; a bullet struck him in the head and he died at a Memphis hospital on April 13, 2025. He attended Como Primary School and was remembered by family and his godmother as bright, playful, and looking forward to eighth-grade graduation.

Police described the shooting as loosely gang-related and said Cazarius was not the intended target. In the days after the killing, Batesville Police arrested four people and charged them with second-degree murder: 20-year-old Kaderius Frost, 17-year-old Jabari Byrd, 16-year-old El-Tavien Andrews, and 15-year-old Zyion Hughes. Authorities said the primary suspects were in custody and that no further danger to the public was expected in connection with this incident.

Does anyone in the Batesville area have information about that night or about Cazarius that could help the investigation?