On the evening of April 2, 2023, 44-year-old Theresa Renee Thomas of Louisville, Kentucky, was killed inside a convenience store while intervening to protect another woman. Thomas, known as Poochie, was off duty from her job at the Platinum Food Mart on South 10th Street and West Broadway when a man entered and began aggressively confronting a woman, reportedly demanding she remove her clothing. Thomas stepped in to de-escalate; during the struggle the assailant struck a customer with a handgun, which discharged. The bullet struck Thomas in the chest and emergency medical services pronounced her dead at the scene.

Louisville Metro Police investigators reviewed surveillance footage that captured the incident. On April 20, 2023, 18-year-old Deshawn Duncan was arrested and charged with murder; court records say the footage shows him entering the store with a handgun, confronting a woman and shooting Thomas as she intervened. If anyone has information about Theresa, the incident at the Platinum Food Mart, or the events that evening, please share what is known.