Andrew Edward Valdez, 35, was fatally shot on January 30, 2023, in the Crescent Hill neighborhood of Louisville. The shooting happened around 5:30 p.m. in the 100 block of North Birchwood Avenue near Brownsboro Road. Emergency responders took Valdez to University of Louisville Hospital with critical injuries; he died the following day.

Born April 8, 1987, Valdez is remembered by family and friends as the life of the party who loved live music, writing poetry and longboarding, and who encouraged others to be their most authentic selves. Louisville Metro Police identified a suspect and in early May 2023 arrested 61-year-old Gregory Barnett on a murder charge; police said all individuals involved in the shooting had been accounted for.

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