In the early morning hours of September 5, 2021, 21-year-old Jarnell Carter of Evansville was found fatally shot in Owensboro, Kentucky. Officers responding just before 4 a.m. to the 2200 block of West 2nd Street discovered Carter near a parked vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Another adult man at the same location also suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to a hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries. No suspects were identified at the scene, and no arrests have been announced. The Owensboro Police Department is conducting an active investigation and has asked anyone with information to come forward.

If anyone has tips about what happened that morning or knew either young man, please share information with the Owensboro Police Department.