James Jimmy Daniel Roberts was 16 when he was fatally shot in the St. Denis neighborhood of Louisville on the morning of July 3, 2021. A Detroit native who moved to Louisville at age eight, he wrestled for his high school, had just started a job as a cook at Roosters and had recently received his learner’s permit. He was known for a longtime love of anything with wheels.

Surveillance video shows a vehicle approach as Roberts walked on Clarion Court. The driver, identified as Bryan James Bruce III, fired from the car, struck Roberts, then exited the vehicle and shot him multiple times as he lay on the ground. Roberts was found with multiple life-threatening gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Louisville Metro Police arrested Bryan James Bruce III on July 4, 2021; he was charged with murder. In September 2023 Bruce pleaded guilty to the intentional shooting that killed Roberts and to four counts of first-degree wanton endangerment for a separate June 2021 shooting; he was sentenced to 40 years and is incarcerated at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex. Does anyone have information about Roberts’ activities that morning or the events on Clarion Court?