De’Andre Gooden, an 18-year-old from Jacksonville, Arkansas, was fatally shot the evening of July 17, 2025, during an incident at Dupree Park on South Redmond Road. Reported by his family as D’Andre Augustus Gooden, he had been born March 9, 2007, and had graduated from Jacksonville High School about two months before the shooting. Family described him as energetic and ambitious, interested in music, motorcycles and cars, and performing under the name Hoodrich Dre.

Officers were dispatched about 6:32 p.m. after a report of a shooting near the park playground. Before police reached the park they encountered a black passenger vehicle that had crashed at West Main Street and T.P. White Drive; investigators determined Gooden had been shot at Dupree Park, managed to leave in the vehicle, and was transported from the crash scene to a hospital where he died. Early reports did not identify a suspect or motive.

Investigators later charged four people with capital murder: Jamie Williams and Mersade Palmer, both 20, and two North Little Rock men, Kyland Rogers, 20, and David Brooks Jr., 19. His funeral was held August 2, 2025, and he was buried at Arkansas Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville.

If anyone witnessed the shooting at Dupree Park, the crash afterward, or has information about what led to the encounter, please share what is known.