Chad Lajuan Smith Sr., 38, was found shot multiple times in the 400 block of South Fourth Street in downtown Louisville on January 21, 2024. He was pronounced dead at the scene; the Louisville Metro Police Department ruled the death a homicide. The location is a busy area near Fourth Street Live!, where the shooting occurred on a Sunday afternoon.

Louisville police announced a suspect was taken into custody within a week. On January 27, 2024, Jordan Fields was arrested after a foot pursuit in the 2600 block of Garland Avenue. Fields was booked into the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections and charged with Murder in connection with Smith’s death, plus Felon in Possession of a Handgun, Fleeing and Evading Police, Resisting Arrest, Assault 3rd on a Police Officer, and Assault on a Service Animal 2nd Degree.

Are there witnesses or anyone with information about what happened on South Fourth Street that afternoon who can help investigators?