John T. Leak Jr., 41, was killed by gunfire in Owensboro, Kentucky, on June 13, 2022. He was behind the wheel in the 900 block of West 7th Street when struck by a single bullet. He attempted to drive away but lost control and crashed into a home in the 1200 block of the same street. Officers arrived at about 11:08 p.m.; a bystander was performing CPR and Leak was taken to Owensboro Health Regional Hospital, where he later died. The Daviess County Coroner confirmed his identity.

Detectives recovered surveillance footage showing two suspects and their vehicle and described the individuals as armed and dangerous. A Daviess County grand jury indicted two Owensboro men on August 3, 2022: 29-year-old Derrick Carroll and 27-year-old Damian M. Fields. Fields was in custody on unrelated charges and Carroll was being held in Alabama with extradition sought. Fields stood trial in April 2023; after five days of trial and nearly five hours of deliberation, the jury acquitted him of complicity to murder, second-degree manslaughter, and reckless homicide. The case against Carroll was to be handled separately with no trial date reported at that time.

Are there witnesses, dashcam footage, or other leads from that stretch of West 7th Street who can help clarify what happened that night?