Seventeen-year-old Robert Sarver Jr. was killed in broad daylight in Louisville, Kentucky, on the afternoon of Friday, October 11, 2024. First responders were called about 2:45 p.m. to a reported car crash near West Kentucky Street and Salem Avenue in the California neighborhood. A vehicle had struck a tree, and inside officers found Sarver suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was extricated and taken to University of Louisville Hospital, where he died.

The Louisville Metro Police Department’s Homicide Unit has classified the case as a murder but has not identified any suspects or announced arrests, and no motive has been released. Authorities are asking anyone with information to come forward, including via anonymous tip lines.

If anyone saw the crash or the shooting around West Kentucky Street and Salem Avenue that afternoon, can you share what you remember with investigators?