On May 10, 2020, police in Louisville responded to a midday shooting in the 5300 block of Halsey Court in the Iroquois neighborhood. Officers arrived about 12:45 p.m. and found 28-year-old ShaKeria Abrill Blakemore and 32-year-old Brandon Gibbs both dead at the scene. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office determined Blakemore, an African American woman and mother of two who worked for the Pepsi Company, died from a single gunshot wound; Gibbs sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Both deaths were ruled homicides.

The Louisville Metro Police Department Homicide Unit took over the investigation. In the early stages police had not identified any suspects and no arrests were announced; authorities appealed to the public for information. If anyone in the Iroquois neighborhood that Sunday afternoon saw anything or knows something about the shooting, please come forward with tips.