On Labor Day, September 5, 2022, 28-year-old Deyonte Foster was found dead in an alley in Louisville’s Russell neighborhood near South 26th and Magazine streets. An autopsy determined he died of multiple gunshot wounds.

Family described Foster as a funny, outgoing and hardworking family man: a forklift operator, rapper and business owner who was a father to four children. The Louisville Metro Police Department opened an active homicide investigation; no public details about suspects or arrests have been released.

The circumstances leading to the shooting in that alley remain under investigation as his family seeks answers and justice. If anyone has information about Foster’s death or that night in the Russell neighborhood, please come forward to investigators.