Skylar Whitney was 14 when he was shot and killed in the early morning hours of August 24, 2020, in Louisville, Kentucky. The shooting occurred on Cecil Avenue near Shawnee Park in the Shawnee neighborhood; officers arrived around 3:30 a.m. and found Skylar with a gunshot wound. He was taken to University Hospital, where he died, and the Jefferson County Coroner later confirmed his identity. Skylar was Black and lived near where the shooting happened.

The Louisville Metro Police Homicide Unit is handling the investigation. Authorities have asked the public for information, but no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been made. If anyone has information that could help bring Skylar’s family answers, please come forward. What can readers share that might help this investigation?