Christian Alexander Rodriguez-Barroso, 18, was shot and killed at Lake Fayetteville after 11 p.m. on February 16, 2024. Officers found Rodriguez-Barroso dead at the Lake Fayetteville Environmental Studies Center; four other people sustained gunshot wounds. Video from the scene shows people running to vehicles as shots were fired during a large altercation involving many cars and attendees.

Witnesses described Jose Casillas, 20, of Tontitown, pointing an AR-15 style rifle at people and threatening to kill them one by one. Casillas told police he had an AR-15-style weapon, fired toward a vehicle that was shooting at him, and dropped the gun after hitting a bump; he has pleaded not guilty to terroristic threatening, aggravated assault, and unlawful discharge of a firearm from a vehicle. Other arrests announced in connection with the incident include Gilberto Gordillo, 19, charged with capital murder and four counts of attempted murder; Alberto Esteban-Cruz, 21, charged with two counts of attempted murder and related counts; and Pablo Garcia, 20, accused of hindering apprehension or prosecution and tampering with physical evidence.

Rodriguez-Barroso was born June 2, 2005, in Fayetteville. The Fayetteville Police Department continues to investigate. If anyone was at Lake Fayetteville that night or has video or information about the sequence of events, please come forward.