Jared Auer, 30, was found in the early hours of Father’s Day, June 15, 2025, sitting in his car along Old Okeechobee Road in West Palm Beach with gunshot wounds. He was taken to a nearby hospital and died the following day, June 16, an obituary by his family described the loss as a senseless act of violence.

West Palm Beach Police Department detectives reconstructed the final minutes using dash-camera footage from Auer’s vehicle and physical evidence at the scene. Investigators say the video helped identify a suspect and a motorcycle seen at the scene; a later search warrant yielded a handgun that law enforcement connected to the shooting through shell-casing comparisons. Authorities allege the shooting occurred during an attempted robbery outside a nearby nightclub and that the suspect fled on a motorcycle.

By early August 2025 police arrested 43-year-old William Andre Dunkley of Loxahatchee, booking him on first-degree murder and attempted armed robbery and holding him without bond on the homicide count. Anyone who knew Jared, was in that area before dawn on June 15, or has information about the incident is asked to come forward.