On February 12, 2017, Mortell Ashford, a 26-year-old Black man, was found dead in the street at the intersection of North 39th Street and Jewell Avenue in the Shawnee neighborhood of Louisville. Officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department discovered Ashford around 2 p.m.; the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office later ruled his death a homicide from multiple gunshot wounds.

Authorities have not released a motive, and the case remains an open, unsolved homicide and is listed among the city’s cold cases.

If anyone saw activity in the area that afternoon or has information about Mortell Ashford’s killing, please contact the Louisville Metro Police Department.