On the evening of Monday, June 7, 2021, gunfire broke out on the 500 block of East Breckinridge Street in the Smoketown neighborhood of Louisville. Seventeen-year-old DaJuan Coward was shot and privately taken to University Hospital; a female victim at the scene suffered injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening.

DaJuan, a student at Iroquois High School who was looking forward to his senior year and remembered for joking, dancing, and playing basketball, died of his wounds on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, according to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office. His death was ruled a homicide caused by a gunshot wound.

The Louisville Metro Police Department Homicide Unit opened an investigation and asked the public for information; initial reports said no suspects had been identified and no arrests had been announced. If anyone has information about what happened on East Breckinridge Street that night, please share it with investigators.