Thirteen-year-old Daviawn J. Blackmon was shot and killed in Louisville, Kentucky, on the night of Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Police found him in an alley in the 700 block of South 38th Street, near West Broadway, with a fatal gunshot wound to the head; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Surveillance footage later showed that after being shot, Daviawn was robbed while lying wounded.

Family members said Daviawn had been drawn toward gang activity and that two youths known to him had repeatedly threatened him at his home; his mother Dawn Brown reported calling police about those threats before the shooting. Within a month, two local teenagers were arrested and charged as adults. Authorities identified 15-year-old Brad Watkins as the shooter and 16-year-old Daniel Wallace as an accomplice. Both later pleaded guilty to charges arising from the case; Watkins received a 23-year prison sentence, and Wallace was convicted on charges including facilitation of robbery, tampering with physical evidence, and possession of a handgun by a minor.

Did anyone in Louisville’s Chickasaw neighborhood see Daviawn that evening or know more about the threats his family described?