Juanita Lynette Watkins, 52, was fatally shot late on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, in Louisville’s Algonquin neighborhood. Police were called to the 2300 block of West Gaulbert Avenue about 10:20 p.m. after a ShotSpotter notification; officers found Watkins with a fatal gunshot wound and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Louisville Metro Police Department’s Homicide Unit has opened an investigation. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced; detectives are asking the public for information to help determine what happened that night.

Watkins is survived by her children Elexis Hall, Niesha Watkins, Anthony Hall, Jr., Darneisha Watkins, Indie Watkins, and Paul Watkins, and by her mother, Vanessa Rucker. She was preceded in death by her son Derrick Washington and was buried at Green Meadows Cemetery.

If anyone has information about the shooting on West Gaulbert Avenue on August 28, please come forward to investigators.