Elijah Justus Lovitt, a 19-year-old Black man from Elsmere, was fatally shot in Covington, Kentucky on February 13, 2022. Police were called about a shooting around 3:09 PM to the 2600 block of Benton Road in the City Heights neighborhood. Lovitt was found inside a vehicle at the intersection of West 19th and Franklin Streets with a gunshot wound and was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where he later died.

The Covington Police Department opened a homicide investigation and has appealed to the public for help. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced; the case remains open. If anyone has information about what happened that afternoon, please share it with investigators.