Bryant Johnson, 35, was shot in the early hours of Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025, in the 1000 block of Bardstown Road in Louisville. The wound to his groin proved fatal. After being shot shortly before 3:30 a.m., Johnson drove a short distance before colliding with another car at Bardstown Road and Baxter Avenue. First responders found him gravely wounded; he was taken to University of Louisville Hospital and died shortly after 4 a.m. The other driver was not seriously injured.

Louisville Metro Police Homicide Unit investigated and arrested 28-year-old Lanesha Blakey, identified as Johnson’s former girlfriend. She was charged with murder and with assault for an earlier altercation in which she allegedly struck another woman with a handgun. Surveillance video and court filings describe a sequence of events linking a domestic dispute to the shooting. Court proceedings resulted in a reduced bond and a condition of house arrest if bond was posted.

Did anyone in Louisville see activity on Bardstown Road that night or have information about the dispute leading up to the shooting?