In the pre-dawn hours of June 9, 2024, Danville police responded to shots fired on North Fifth Street. At 3:47 a.m. officers found a pickup had crashed into the yard of a residence; inside was 43-year-old Maurice Stitt with multiple gunshot wounds. Investigators believe Stitt was driving on North Fifth when someone fired from the west side of the street and that he tried to reverse to escape before the crash. He was taken to Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center and later pronounced dead.

Police describe Stitt as an entrepreneur and event promoter. On July 8 authorities arrested 20-year-old Caleb K. Burns of Danville and charged him with Stitt’s murder; Burns was lodged at the Boyle County Detention Center. The investigation remains ongoing and police said additional arrests are expected. Earlier that same morning, within an hour, officers also responded to a shots-fired call at a private club on Dillehay Street and to a separate incident on Mason Avenue where Justin Grey suffered a single gunshot wound and was hospitalized and later released; officials have not confirmed a link between the incidents.

If anyone witnessed activity on North Fifth Street or has information about the shootings that morning, please come forward.