Andre Ballard, a 43-year-old father of seven, was shot while waiting for a bus at 11th and Chestnut Streets in Louisville on the evening of November 18, 2012, after finishing a double shift at Indi’s Fast Food Restaurant where he had worked eight years. The attack was reported as an apparent robbery in which the assailant took Ballard’s cell phone and wallet. He managed to return to the restaurant but collapsed; he was taken to University Hospital and died of his wounds on November 20, 2012.

The Louisville Metro Police Homicide Unit opened an investigation and the death was classified as a homicide. Family and community members held a vigil outside the restaurant, remembering him as a hardworking man trying to provide for his family. The gunman has not been identified or apprehended and the case remains open.

If anyone has information about the shooting or saw activity near 11th and Chestnut on the evening of November 18, 2012, please come forward.