Blake J. Powell was 22 when he was fatally shot in Louisville’s Shawnee neighborhood on Sunday, March 7, 2021. His death was ruled a homicide. Public details about the shooting itself are sparse; reports do not describe the exact circumstances of the incident or identify a suspect.

Powell’s family remembered him as an aspiring athlete who loved baseball and basketball and enjoyed friendly challenges with his father. A walk-through visitation took place Monday, March 15, 2021, at King Solomon Baptist Church, followed by a funeral and burial at Green Meadows Cemetery. His father, living in Arizona, said the loss was especially painful because the killing occurred in the neighborhood where he had grown up.

There are unanswered questions about who killed Blake and why. Anyone with information about this case is asked to come forward.