On the evening of Thursday, October 19, 2017, 27-year-old Dominique L. Ellis-Denning was shot in the Russell neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. The shooting occurred around 7:30 p.m. near 28th Street and Elliott Avenue, a place where he was well-known and described as part of the local park’s family. Officers, alerted in part by the city’s ShotSpotter system, found Ellis-Denning in the street with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to University Hospital and died about thirty minutes later. Witnesses said the shooting followed an argument.

Police arrested 34-year-old Montrell Matthews at the scene; officers reported he still had a gun when they arrived, and witnesses identified Matthews as the shooter. Ellis-Denning was remembered as a talented basketball player who competed for years in Louisville’s Dirt Bowl and had once won a one-on-one championship that took him to California. He is survived by his parents, a daughter, and siblings.

If anyone knew Dominique, his activities around the Russell park, or the events that evening, please share what you can.