On the evening of August 21, 2021, William Woods Jr., 28, was shot and killed at the Park at Hurstbourne apartments on Oxford Place in the Fern Creek neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. Officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department arrived after a shooting call at about 7:15 p.m.; emergency personnel were unable to save Woods and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Jefferson County Coroner later confirmed his identity and cause of death.

The Louisville Metro Homicide Unit opened an investigation and asked the public for information. Initial reports did not identify any suspects and no arrests were reported in those early stages. Few details about what led to the shooting have been released.

If anyone has information about William Woods Jr. or the shooting at Park at Hurstbourne on August 21, please share what you know with investigators.