On the late afternoon of October 31, 2024, a single-vehicle crash on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 264 near the Breckenridge Lane exit in Louisville, Kentucky, revealed a far darker sequence of events. A black Honda driven by 36-year-old William Houston Joshua McPheeters flipped and struck two other cars around 4:30 p.m., stopping traffic on the Watterson Expressway. First responders and Good Samaritans found that McPheeters had suffered a fatal gunshot wound; the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office later confirmed the gunshot as the cause of death.

McPheeters was the only person in his vehicle, and occupants of the other cars were not injured. The Louisville Metro Police Department Homicide Unit is investigating and trying to establish the shooting timeline and where the shooting occurred. No suspects or arrests have been announced so far.

Did anyone in the area that afternoon see anything that could help investigators?