Joshua Evans was shot and killed in the early morning hours of February 14, 2017, in the Taylor Berry neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. He had turned 18 the day before. Police found him on Longfield Avenue near Lester Avenue shortly after 4 a.m. with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to University Hospital and pronounced dead. His mother recalled that after being shot he staggered toward his father and said he thought he had been hit before collapsing.

Less than an hour before the shooting, at 3:22 a.m., Joshua posted on Facebook naming two individuals, Tristan Jewell and Tay, and mentioning issues with them. Investigators used that post as a lead. That day Louisville Metro Police arrested Devonta Anderson, 23, and Tristan Jewell, 21, charging both with murder and wanton endangerment. Witness statements and police reports say Anderson and Jewell were allegedly waiting for Joshua and opened fire as he walked with another person; that second person was not injured though a bullet grazed their sweatshirt. Witnesses identified Jewell as the shooter; he was on felony probation for a prior violent offense.

A year later Joshua’s mother reported that Anderson had been released on probation and Jewell was charged with manslaughter, a result she said did not bring true justice. Did anyone who knew Joshua or who was in the Taylor Berry area that night see something that could help clarify what happened?