Frederica Malone, known as Freda, was fatally shot the evening of March 7, 2021, at about 8:45 p.m. at the Parkway Place apartment complex in the 1700 block of Harrod Court in Louisville’s Algonquin neighborhood. She was 53 and was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound.

A longtime hairstylist born in Athens, Alabama on May 5, 1967, Frederica is remembered by family and friends for her faith, generosity, and love of dancing, cooking, and scratch-off lottery tickets. Louisville Metro Police canvassed the area after the shooting and asked the public for information, but no arrests or suspect identifications have been publicly announced. Her death remains an unsolved homicide listed among the city’s open cases.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Frederica, please share tips with Louisville Metro Police.