A teenager was killed and two other people injured in a shooting at the October edition of the First Friday arts festival in the Las Vegas Arts District. The fatal shooting happened at around 10.17pm on Tuesday, October 6, during the monthly open-air event that fills the district with artists, vendors and live performers. The victim was 15-year-old Carth Onasi Jacobs-Rodgers, who was pronounced dead at hospital. A 17-year-old suspect was arrested and faces charges of murder with a deadly weapon and two counts of attempted murder with a deadly weapon. The October iteration had featured a public mural by local artist Black Sheep One, a residency gallery exhibition and live painting by local creatives, according to the First Friday Foundation. Performer Alexxis Ryan, who played with her band the X-Flowers shortly before the gunshots and left just in time, said the news had shocked the community and that people needed to come together. Footage of crowds fleeing the district circulated widely on social media. Mayor Shelley Berkley told Hyperallergic the violence was unacceptable and not what the festival was for. She said the city was working with metro police, the First Friday Foundation and local stakeholders to examine what changes could be made. The organisers confirmed the shooting in an Instagram post and announced they were pausing all future events until they determine an appropriate response. Some community members have called for age restrictions and tougher security at the all-ages event. The shooting comes less than a month after a 16-year-old bystander was killed at a First Friday event in Manassas, Virginia, an incident that swiftly prompted calls for gun reform. Las Vegas was also the site of the deadliest mass shooting in US history, in 2017, when a gunman fired on concertgoers below his hotel room, killing 60 people and injuring more than 800. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department had circulated a curfew notice before the event reminding parents that minors must be accompanied in the downtown area between 9pm and 5am.