On the afternoon of December 6, 2022, 16-year-old Draven J. Daniel was found with multiple gunshot wounds in an alleyway near River Park Drive and 39th Street in the Shawnee neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. A call came in around 2:30 PM and police pronounced the sophomore dead at the scene. Draven was an honor roll student at Pleasure Ridge Park High School and had recently bought his first car, a Mustang; his family remembers him as a young man full of excitement for the future.

The Louisville Metro Police Department initially had no suspects and asked the public for help. In January 2023 two teenagers, ages 15 and 17, were taken into custody and charged with murder and first-degree robbery; a third juvenile, a 13-year-old, was arrested and charged with murder and robbery in February 2023. The suspects names have not been released because they are minors. The family has spoken about their profound loss and the case has drawn attention to youth violence in Louisville.

If anyone knew Draven or has information about what happened that afternoon, please share what you know.