On the evening of May 18, 2024, a shooting inside a business in the 4400 block of Taylor Boulevard in Louisville left 21-year-old Dion R. Smith fatally wounded and another man injured. Louisville Metro Police Department Fourth Division officers found two men with gunshot wounds; both were taken to University Hospital. Smith was pronounced deceased shortly after arrival; the other victim’s injuries were non-life-threatening.

The LMPD Homicide Unit took over the investigation and a suspect was detained at the scene. The detainee was identified as 18-year-old Louisville resident Gage L. Lewis, who was arrested and charged with murder and lodged in the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections.

Smith is survived by his two young sons, Damoni and Darien Smith; his parents, Michelle Eddie and Dejabbar Shabazz; his brother Mion Smith Sr.; and the children’s mother, Ramoni Collins. If anyone has information about what happened that night, please share it with investigators.