Jayden Andrew Bullard, 16, was killed at a party held at an Airbnb on Old Poplar Road in Talbott, Tennessee, on Sunday, January 4, 2026. The gathering of about 30 people, many of them juveniles, was disrupted by gunfire; 19-year-old Marsalous Tre-Dante Sal Vestal was also killed and two others were wounded with non-life-threatening injuries. Investigators say the shooting appears to have been connected to some past juvenile drama.

The Hamblen County Sheriff’s Office, with help from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, arrested two suspects at a motel in Pigeon Forge. Eighteen-year-old Adam Perez Jr. faces two counts of second-degree murder; 19-year-old Talon Trevathan is charged as a party to second-degree murder. Jayden, a McMinn County resident, is remembered by family and friends as outgoing and close to his mother and younger sister.

Does anyone who attended the party or knew Jayden have information that could shed light on what led to the shooting?