Vincent Crutcher, 34, was shot in the early morning of June 23, 2022 on Heatherview Road near Breckenridge Lane in the Buechel neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, while on his way to work. Emergency crews transported him to a hospital just before 4:30 a.m.; he died of his injuries on June 24, 2022.

Crutcher was a well-known local basketball figure, a 2006 graduate of Pleasure Ridge Park High School who was a finalist for Mr. Basketball in Kentucky and later played at two in-state colleges. His coach noted he was the only player in the Sixth Region to start on three regional championship teams; friends and family remembered him as a smiling, devoted father.

The investigation produced arrests: 21-year-old Charvontae Reed was apprehended shortly after the shooting and originally charged with first-degree assault and second-degree battery; those charges were later upgraded to include complicity to murder and weapons offenses. In February 2024, 20-year-old Jeremiah Banks was arrested and charged with murder and robbery in connection with Crutcher’s death.

If anyone knew Vincent, saw activity on Heatherview Road that morning, or has information about the case, please share what can help the investigation.