A late-night shooting in Owensboro, Kentucky, left 30-year-old Joshua Hardison dead on June 29, 2025. Police were called just before midnight to an apartment on the 1800 block of Hughes Avenue after neighbors reported gunfire. Inside, officers found two people with gunshot wounds: Hardison in a bedroom with a fatal chest wound, and his 52-year-old mother, Kelly Anderson, in the living room with injuries not considered life-threatening. Hardison was taken to Owensboro Health Regional Hospital and later pronounced dead; the Daviess County Coroner identified him on July 1.

Preliminary information indicates one or more intruders entered the apartment and a confrontation led to gunfire. Two people at the scene when police arrived were questioned and two firearms were recovered. Detectives canvassed the neighborhood and sought surveillance footage as the investigation continued.

Does anyone have information about activity on Hughes Avenue the night of June 29, 2025, or saw anything that could help the investigation?