Roderick Blue-Johnson was 21 when he was shot in the afternoon of a Tuesday in late November 2017 in the Shawnee neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. The shooting happened near 38th and Jefferson Streets, only a couple of blocks from his home. First responders found him at 213 South 38th Street; he was taken to University Hospital with a brain injury and died the next day, November 29, 2017.

Roderick’s mother, Joyce Johnson, a teacher at an alternative school, publicly urged the community not to seek revenge and asked that his memory be honored through positive actions such as pursuing education and work. She also chose to donate his organs so his heart might help someone else.

The Louisville Metro Police Department opened a homicide investigation and listed his death among the city’s open homicides for 2017. At the time of those reports no suspects had been identified and no arrests had been announced. Does anyone in the Shawnee area remember hearing or seeing anything that day or have information that could help the investigation?