KenDell Smith was 17 and a junior at Fern Creek High School when he was fatally shot on February 2, 2018, in south Louisville. The shooting occurred in the 3200 block of East Indian Trail near Preston Highway. His family had moved from Chicago to Louisville seeking a safer environment; his cousin said KenDell had been shot previously while in Chicago.

Local law enforcement investigated and arrested a 17-year-old suspect; because the suspect was a juvenile the identity was not released. Motive and the exact circumstances of the shooting have not been widely publicized. KenDell’s family and the community were left to mourn a young life taken after a move intended to escape violence.

If anyone has information about what happened that day or knew KenDell, please come forward to help the investigation.