On the evening of March 31, 2021, 27-year-old Brandon DeShawn Bell, a Black man, was fatally shot in the Portland neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. The shooting also wounded another person; that individual’s identity and condition were not widely reported. Louisville Metro Police Department opened an investigation but details about what led to the shooting, any motive, and the identities of suspects were not disclosed publicly.

An obituary and an online tribute page were created by friends and family. If anyone in the Portland neighborhood that night saw something or has information that could help investigators, please come forward.