Giovanni Castillo was a 21-year-old from Fort Worth, Texas, remembered by family as joyful, devoted to his loved ones, a 2021 graduate of Lake Worth High School, a carpenter helping to grow the family business, and a new father to a son named Noel. On the evening of November 12, 2024, at about 8:50 p.m., police responded to a shooting in the 4800 block of MacArthur Drive in North Little Rock. Officers found Castillo with at least one gunshot wound; he was taken to a local hospital and later died of his injuries.

The North Little Rock Police Department opened a homicide investigation. On December 18, 2024, 23-year-old Briontaye Walls of North Little Rock was arrested and charged with capital murder and aggravated robbery and held at the Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility. Two additional suspects were later identified and charged: 18-year-old Jarquez Butler of Little Rock and 21-year-old Devontaye Hayes. On December 20, 2024, Jarquez Butler surrendered to detectives at the North Little Rock Justice Center and was taken into custody without bond.

Does anyone have information about Giovanni’s last evening on MacArthur Drive or knew him in North Little Rock or Fort Worth?