On New Year’s Day 2023, 24-year-old Dorion Tisby was shot on East Oak Street in Louisville’s Shelby Park neighborhood shortly before midnight. He was taken to the University of Louisville Hospital in critical condition and was pronounced dead at 12:53 a.m. on January 2.

Louisville Metro Police Homicide Unit opened an investigation and initially had no suspects. A few minutes after the shooting, a 19-year-old named Lloyd Mason, driving a black Acura TL, crashed into a police cruiser, fled on foot and was quickly detained. Officers recovered several firearms inside the stolen vehicle Mason had been driving; ballistic testing linked shell casings from the Tisby scene to those firearms. Mason was charged with Tisby’s murder on February 8. He had earlier been arrested on wanton endangerment and fleeing charges and was released on his own recognizance on January 3, then taken back into custody after the murder charge. A not-guilty plea was entered on his behalf and bond was set at $150,000.

Authorities said Mason may have had an unidentified accomplice and the investigation is ongoing. If anyone has information about this shooting or knew Dorion Tisby, please share what you know with investigators.