Kelsey Loretta Moore was 19 when she was shot inside a car at the intersection of Country Club Lane and East 21st Street in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on August 24, 2023. The shooting was reported just before 4 a.m. Emergency responders took her to Jennie Stuart Health, then she was transferred to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, where she died later that day from her injuries.

Hopkinsville Police opened an investigation and said the shooting may have been accidental after interviewing those involved. The person who allegedly fired the weapon was taken into custody while the inquiry continued. Moore was born November 26, 2003, in Gallatin, Tennessee, and is remembered by her family as a mother who loved riding around and listening to music. She was buried at Pea Ridge Church Cemetery in Elkton.

If anyone was in that area the morning of August 24 and saw the vehicle or has information about what happened, please share what you know.