On the evening of Sunday, January 12, 2025, Lacorey Marquette Bogard, 25, was killed at a gas station on South Washington Street in Forrest City, Arkansas. Surveillance footage showed Bogard and several friends handling a pistol; authorities say the firearm discharged while a 16-year-old friend was holding it. Bogard suffered a single fatal gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at Forrest City Medical Center.

Bogard, known as LuWop, was a 2018 graduate of Forrest City High School and worked at the local McDonald’s. Friends and family remembered him for his bright smile and sense of style. The 16-year-old arrested at the scene is facing a negligent homicide charge and investigators are probing who owned the gun and the exact circumstances of the shooting.

If anyone was at the gas station that evening or has information about the firearm involved, please share what is known with authorities.