On the evening of Tuesday, December 21, 2021, 27-year-old Jhovany Maldonado was shot multiple times in the 8100 block of Preston Highway near the Outer Loop in Louisville. Emergency responders found him in critical condition around 8:30 p.m.; he was taken to the University of Louisville Hospital and died the next afternoon, Wednesday, December 22, 2021. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office later confirmed his cause of death.

The Louisville Metro Police Department’s Homicide Unit opened an investigation, but police had not identified suspects or made arrests in the immediate aftermath.

If anyone has information about Maldonado, his movements that evening, or the area around Preston Highway on December 21, please contact the Louisville Metro Police Department.