Sidney D. Smith was 18 when he was found shot inside a home in Louisville’s Shawnee neighborhood on a Sunday just before 5 p.m. Officers responded to a report of a person shot on the 3600 block of Vermont Avenue, near Young Elementary School, and discovered Sidney suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene and the coroner later listed a gunshot wound as the cause of death.

Neighbors told reporters they did not hear any gunshots, a detail that deepens the unanswered questions about what happened inside the residence. The Louisville Metro Police Department opened a homicide investigation, but no arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified. The circumstances of Sidney’s final moments remain unknown.

If anyone saw activity around the 3600 block of Vermont Avenue that afternoon or has information about Sidney’s death, please contact the Louisville Metro Police Department.