On the morning of June 4, 2020, 35-year-old Omar A Gonzalez of Elsmere was found with a gunshot wound at the intersection of Dixie Highway and Frank Duke Boulevard in Florence, Kentucky. First responders pronounced Gonzalez dead at the scene. The incident was reported to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office at about 9 a.m. and the scene included a vehicle collision investigators treated as part of the homicide.

The Boone County Sheriff’s Office quickly identified a person of interest and, on the day of the shooting, said a shooter had been identified and was being interviewed by detectives. No further public details about the outcome of that interview or any charges have been provided in connection with the case. The circumstances that led to Gonzalez’s death and who was ultimately responsible remain unclear.

If anyone witnessed the shooting, the vehicle collision, or has information about the events at Dixie Highway and Frank Duke Boulevard that morning, please come forward.