Santino Garang Aguek, 35, was found fatally shot in the parking area outside the Colonial Oaks Court apartments on the Southside of Louisville on the morning of Monday, November 28, 2016. He had finished a night shift at a local factory and clocked out around 3 a.m.; his daughter discovered him near the building as she left for school. Responders arrived just after 7 a.m.; Aguek was unresponsive, cold to the touch, and had suffered a single gunshot wound that the Jefferson County coroner ruled the cause of death.

Family, friends and members of Louisville’s Sudanese community described him as hardworking, gentle and one of the Lost Boys refugees who fled civil war as a child. Police released his name while still seeking next of kin and the Louisville Metro Police homicide unit said detectives had no suspects.