Cortez Keith Randolph was 17 when he was fatally shot while waiting for a TARC bus near Dixie Highway and Broadway in west Louisville late on Monday, December 16, 2013. Witnesses told police a masked gunman walked up to the bus stop near an alley behind a service station and opened fire; Cortez ran a short distance but collapsed in Esquire Alley and was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds.

A Moore High School student described as an honor roll pupil and a talented football player, Cortez—known to friends as Littles—was remembered at neighborhood gatherings and a benefit held soon after the killing. Police said they believed he had been specifically targeted, but the shooter’s identity remained unknown; early reports listed no persons of interest and no arrests. By 2020 the case was described as having grown cold and remains listed among Louisville’s unsolved 2013 homicides.

If anyone waited at that bus stop that night or remembers seeing Cortez shortly before the shooting, please share what you know.