A day meant for celebration turned deadly at Shelby Farms Park in Memphis on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. Seventeen-year-old Coriuan Bean, a student at Millington Central High School who hoped to play football, was fatally shot during an unsanctioned senior skip day that began as a water gun fight and escalated into gunfire.

Friends and family described Bean as funny and ambitious; students and faculty held a prayer vigil at his high school as the community mourned. The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation and urged those present to come forward with information and cell phone video from the crowded event.

Officials announced an arrest on Saturday, April 18, 2026, in connection with the fatal shooting, and the investigation remains ongoing as authorities piece together what happened that afternoon. If anyone at the park that day has video or information that could help, please come forward.