Deshawn Antonio Brown, a 30-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in the Chickasaw neighborhood of Louisville on the evening of May 18, 2018. The shooting happened shortly after 10:30 p.m. near the intersection of Cecil Avenue and West Broadway. First responders found Brown with gunshot wounds and he was taken to University Hospital, where he later died.

Louisville Metro Police opened an investigation and asked the public for information that might identify whoever shot him. At the time of those initial reports, no suspects had been named and no arrests had been announced as the case remained active while family and friends mourned.

Anyone who was in the Chickasaw area that night or who has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.