Christopher Adam Metzger, 17, was fatally shot in an apartment on Bard Avenue in Bardstown, Kentucky, late on Saturday, May 25, 2019. He was visiting a friend; initial neighbor accounts suggested the shooting might have been an accidental discharge between friends, but law enforcement treated the death as a homicide.

Investigators arrested another teenager, Jacob Fulkerson, who was 15 at the time. In September 2019 a grand jury indicted Fulkerson on wanton murder, tampering with physical evidence, and receiving a stolen firearm, and a judge set bond at $250,000 cash-only.

Christopher, born September 25, 2001, lived in Lebanon and had formerly lived in New Haven. He worked as a cook at Cedarwood’s Restaurant and was of the Christian faith. His death deeply affected his family, friends, and the Bardstown community.

If anyone knew Christopher or has information about the night of May 25, 2019, please come forward.