On April 29, 2024, 19-year-old Tayvion Beaugard was shot and killed at the Lake Renwick Preserve’s Turtle Lake Access in Plainfield, Illinois, around 7:55 p.m. Deputies found him near a picnic shelter with two gunshot wounds, one to the face and one to the neck or shoulder; he was taken to Ascension Saint Joseph hospital in Joliet and pronounced dead.

Authorities say the suspect is Tayvion’s father, 56-year-old Fred Beaugard Sr. of Romeoville. Prosecutors say Beaugard admitted shooting his son, telling police he acted under a lot of mental pressure. A witness reported seeing a point-blank shooting near a gazebo and said one shot was fired after Tayvion was already on the ground. Beaugard was carrying a loaded Smith & Wesson 9 mm pistol in a fanny pack; the incident involved four family members and has been described as a domestic incident with no threat to the public.

Beaugard was taken into custody the next day and charged with three counts of first-degree murder. He has no prior criminal record; court filings note a July 2023 domestic battery charge against Tayvion that included no-contact conditions involving his father and the family residence. If anyone has information about what happened at Lake Renwick that evening, please come forward.