Desmond L. Mitchell, 37, was shot and killed late on April 8, 2026, in Louisville’s Taylor Berry neighborhood. Officers responded to a call about 10:50 p.m. to the 900 block of Algonquin Parkway and found a man with a gunshot wound; emergency medical personnel were on scene but Mitchell was pronounced dead there. The Jefferson County Coroner publicly identified him as the victim.

Police said everyone involved had been accounted for and was being questioned, and the Louisville Metro Police Department’s Homicide Unit is leading the investigation. No arrests or motives have been announced and detectives continue to investigate the circumstances of the shooting.

If anyone in Taylor Berry that night saw or heard anything related to the shooting, please share information with Louisville Metro Police.