On a Sunday afternoon in the Shawnee neighborhood of Louisville, Mortell A. Ashford, a 26-year-old Black man, was found lying in the street at the intersection of North 39th Street and Jewell Avenue on February 12, 2017. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office.

The Louisville Metro Police Department’s Homicide Unit opened an investigation, canvassing the area and asking the public for information that might identify the person or persons responsible. As of late 2025 no arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified; the case remains listed among the city’s open homicides from 2017 and the investigation is ongoing.

Does anyone who lived in or near Shawnee in February 2017 remember anything that could help investigators identify who shot Mortell Ashford?