Michael Christian, a 22-year-old Black father of two, was shot and killed shortly after 10:30 p.m. on September 16, 2019, in a courtyard at the Charter Oaks Apartment Complex on Charter Oaks Drive near Chamberlain Lane in Louisville, Kentucky. Responding officers found him with multiple gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Neighbor Richard Watts heard the shots, then encountered a man with a covered face who appeared to be carrying a rifle; Watts says the man told him everything was okay and to go back inside. After the man left, Watts found Christian and tried to help, applying pressure to wounds and performing chest compressions but could not save him.

The Louisville Metro Police Department’s homicide unit treated the area as a large crime scene and canvassed for witnesses. If anyone knew Michael, saw activity at Charter Oaks that night, or has information that could help, please share what is known with investigators.