Rykess Ford was 27 when he was shot in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. Known to family and friends as Ry or Kess, he loved fashion, music and his children; he left behind two young daughters and a third child on the way. He graduated from Pleasure Ridge Park High School and was remembered as outgoing and generous.

The shooting occurred on Monday afternoon, July 11, 2022, in the Jacobs neighborhood on the 3600 block of Georgetown Place. Officers found Ford with gunshot wounds and he was taken to University Hospital in critical condition; he died two days later from his injuries.

Investigators later arrested two men in connection with the case: in January 2023, 23-year-old Davon Johnson was charged with complicity to murder and complicity to robbery, and in March 2023, 18-year-old Robert Stewart was charged with murder, robbery, and tampering with physical evidence, with bond set at $500,000.

If anyone knew Rykess or has information about what happened that afternoon, please come forward with tips.