On the evening of February 6, 2022, officers responding to a shooting in the 5200 block of Kilmer Boulevard in the Newburg neighborhood of Louisville found a crashed vehicle with 19-year-old Kyre Jamar Wright and a female teenager inside. Both had suffered gunshot wounds; they were taken to the University of Louisville Hospital, and Kyre succumbed to his injuries while the teenager was treated and expected to survive.

Kyre, known as BIG KJW, had graduated from Southern High School in 2021, worked for UPS and ran a concert promotion company he started in 2017 called Train to Hustle. Family described him as loving, respectable and generous; he was raised by his grandparents after his mother’s passing and is survived by his father, siblings and extended family.

Louisville Metro Police launched an investigation and reported initially that no suspects had been identified and no one was in custody. There have been no public announcements of arrests, and the case remains an unsolved homicide; anyone with information is asked to contact investigators.