On the evening of November 19, 2022, 19-year-old Jackson Randall Mingus was found inside his vehicle on West Manslick Road in the Fairdale neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, having suffered a fatal gunshot wound. Louisville Metro Police responded around 7:15 p.m. and pronounced him dead at the scene. Family remembered Mingus as caring, smart and humorous, with a bright smile and a huge heart who helped relatives with landscaping, dog sitting and other chores.

Investigators worked the homicide for months before an arrest in February 2023. Court records indicate the meeting that led to the shooting had been arranged as a gun sale; the person who arranged it, then 16-year-old Isa Delouvpre, planned to rob Mingus. Tried as an adult, Delouvpre accepted a plea in August 2024 to second-degree manslaughter, first-degree robbery and tampering with physical evidence and received a 10-year adult prison sentence. A later bid for shock probation was denied after victim impact testimony from Jackson’s mother, Ericka Mingus.

If anyone knew Jackson, saw him on November 19, 2022, or has information about the case, please share what is known.