Shortly before dawn on Sunday, February 3, 2019, a gunshot was reported on the 1700 block of Ivy Ridge Lane in south Louisville. Officers from the 3rd Division found 47-year-old Aqeel Salem Alshemary with a critical gunshot wound; he was taken to University Hospital and later pronounced dead. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office confirmed his identity.

Investigators appealed to the public for information, but the circumstances of the shooting remain unclear and no arrests or public identifications of suspects have been announced. The community and Alshemary’s family were left seeking answers after this sudden, violent death.

If anyone saw activity on Ivy Ridge Lane around 4 a.m. on February 3, 2019, or has information about this shooting, please share what is known.