Andrew Farias, 18, had just graduated from San Marcos High School when gunfire outside a home on Rocky Road in Uhland, Texas, ended a graduation celebration around 1 a.m. on May 25, 2025. Officers arriving at the scene found him mortally wounded; he was pronounced dead there as detectives began reconstructing events on the country road.

Investigators say witnesses described a tense dispute between girls that escalated into a brawl. A young man intervened, produced a handgun and, according to witnesses, struck the homeowner with it; when Andrew Farias confronted the man, the shooter fired twice and fled. Within two days authorities named Chad Lee-Gardner as the suspect and announced an arrest in Austin; he was booked into the Travis County Jail on a murder charge.

The shooting plunged classmates and neighbors into grief. Hundreds attended a candlelight vigil at Toyota Rattler Stadium, and an obituary identified him as Andrew Noel Farias with funeral arrangements through Thomason Funeral Home. Does anyone who was at the gathering or who knew Andrew have details that could clarify the sequence of what happened that night?