JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Four years after 18-year-old Rashaud Fields lost his life in a shooting at a graduation party on Pine Estates Road East near Leonid Road, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has yet to make an arrest in the case.
But detectives aren’t giving up, JSO said.
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In a post on Saturday to mark the grim anniversary, JSO said investigators want to bring closure to Fields’ family members, who continue to fight for answers.
That fight is focused mainly on the community, because Fields wasn’t alone when he was killed, police said.
Today marks 4 years since 18-year-old Rashaud Fields lost his life in a shooting at a graduation party on Pine Estates Road East near Leonid Road. Despite there being many witnesses present, no one has been arrested for his murder. But, our detectives haven’t given up the search… pic.twitter.com/rlKuY2gOCk
— Jax Sheriff's Office (@JSOPIO) May 23, 2026
Many witnesses were at the May 23, 2022, graduation party, which took place just hours after Fields walked across the stage to get his Raines High School diploma.
“We know someone knows something. Say something and help bring this family justice,” JSO wrote on social media.
The post highlighted Fields’ football scholarship to Keiser University and his dream of finishing college and playing in the NFL.
“He was the life of everybody,” Janice Fields, Rashaud’s mother, said. “The principal said he was a leader. He was not a follower. He was always a leader. He loves to push the young fellas on the football team. That just was the great person that Rashaud was. He was born to be great.”
During an event to support the Fields family in April, District 10 Councilwoman Ju’Coby Pittman said the lack of answers is frustrating.
“We really don’t know if he was a target or not. We really don’t know that because no one is talking, no one wants to be a snitch, and that’s unfortunate,” Pittman said.
Janice Fields said she will not stop fighting until she gets answers about who killed her son.
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“If you know something, say something,” she said. “You could be sitting in the same seat I’m sitting in right now. All I ask y’all to do is please, please, if y’all know something, say something — and you will remain anonymous.”
If you know anything about the 2022 murder of Rashaud Fields, please call JSO at 904-630-0500 or email JSOCrimeTips@jaxsheriff.org. You can report what you know anonymously to First Coast Crime Stoppers by calling 1-866-845-TIPS. You could earn up to $5,000 in cash if your tip results in an arrest.