Van Sui Uk was a 17-year-old student from Lewisville, Texas, who was looking forward to his senior year at Lewisville High School. Active in his church and on sports teams, friends and family left a basketball and a soccer medal at a memorial after he was killed. On the night of Saturday, May 27, 2023, Van met an acquaintance, 17-year-old Taylor Hooker, at Central Park in Lewisville. Several others were at the park, but the circumstances that led to violence are unclear. Van was shot and died of a gunshot wound to the head.

Lewisville police interviewed several witnesses at the scene. Investigators identified Hooker as the alleged shooter; he reportedly fled and was arrested on a warrant two days later, on May 29, 2023. Hooker was charged with murder and held in the Denton County Jail on $100,000 bond. The case remains in the court system.

If anyone was at Central Park on the night of May 27 or has information about what happened there, please come forward.