On January 1, 2023, 28-year-old Reginald Reggie Speight Jr. was shot and killed in Louisville, Kentucky. Officers found him about 9:15 p.m. in the Algonquin neighborhood on the 1800 block of West Gaulbert Avenue; he sustained at least one gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Speight, originally from Wilson, North Carolina, was remembered by friends and family as kind and loving, someone who brought fun and smiles to a room. A fundraiser was started to help his family travel from North Carolina to Louisville and to cover funeral costs.

The Louisville Metro Police Homicide Unit opened an investigation; this was the city’s first homicide of 2023. No suspects have been publicly identified, no arrests have been announced, and the case remains unsolved. If anyone has information, please contact the anonymous crime tip line.