In the early morning hours of December 23, 2021, a shooting at the Waffle House on Bardstown Road in Louisville left Rodrickus Rashawn Malone critically injured. Police initially responded to a report at the restaurant but found no victim there; Malone was later located by officers over three miles away on Avalon Garden Drive, inside a vehicle and suffering from a gunshot wound. He was transported to the University of Louisville Hospital.

Malone, a 31-year-old Black man, died on December 28, 2021, when the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office ruled the gunshot wound sustained in the December 23 incident as the cause of death. The Louisville Metro Police Department Homicide Unit is investigating, and no suspects have been publicly identified. If anyone has information about the shooting, contact the homicide unit through the department’s anonymous tip line.