Da’Jon Anthony Hayes-Burr was a 15-year-old Black boy from Louisville, Kentucky, who was shot on the night of July 25, 2026, and died later that night at UofL Hospital. The Jefferson County Coroner determined his death was due to the gunshot injury. Officers responded to reports of gunfire on the 3800 block of Alford Avenue in the city’s Shawnee neighborhood at about 8:20 p.m.

By the following morning a 14-year-old boy had been taken into custody and charged with murder; because he is a juvenile, authorities have not released his name. Investigators have not publicly disclosed what led to the shooting, whether there was a prior argument or relationship between Da’Jon and the accused, or any motive.

Da’Jon had become widely known three months earlier after he intervened to protect a 12-year-old girl at Thunder Over Louisville and was stabbed in the chest during that confrontation; he survived that wound and was publicly honored for his courage. His family said he was preparing to start his sophomore year and described his killing as tragic and senseless.

Did anyone in Louisville know Da’Jon or witness what happened on Alford Avenue that night?