On the evening of October 18, 2025, an argument inside an apartment at the College Villa Apartments on Ladnier Road in Gautier, Mississippi, escalated into gunfire. Eighteen-year-old Arreyon Lett, a Black senior at Gautier High School who was an honors student set to graduate in December, was struck and later pronounced dead at a local hospital. He is remembered by teachers and peers for his magnetic personality, radiant smile, respectful nature and leadership among fellow students.

Three others were also wounded: a 15-year-old from Gautier, an 18-year-old from Ocean Springs, and a 31-year-old woman who was struck by a stray bullet that pierced the wall of a neighboring apartment. Investigators described the shooting as an isolated event.

The Gautier Police Department identified and arrested three teenage suspects in the days after the shooting: 18-year-old Camerson Duckworth of Gulf Park Estates, 16-year-old Micah Price of Gautier, and 15-year-old Reginald Hall III of Moss Point. All three were charged with first-degree murder and were to be charged as adults; police said the investigation is ongoing and additional charges or arrests are possible.

If anyone has information about what happened at College Villa Apartments that night, please share tips with the Gautier Police Department.