On the night of August 5, 2016, 19-year-old Zackery David Glenn Napper was found dead in an alley off South 3rd Street in the Beechmont neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. He had sustained a single gunshot wound to the chest. A female companion who was with Napper that night was also shot but survived. The incident was treated as a homicide; Napper lived on West Manslick Road.

Authorities arrested 25-year-old Quennel Young in connection with the shooting. The surviving victim told investigators she and Napper had been communicating with someone about purchasing heroin, entered that person’s vehicle, and were driven to the South 3rd Street location where the shooting occurred. It was alleged the shooter then ran over Napper with the vehicle before fleeing.

Investigators also learned Napper had been scheduled to testify in a drug case against an alleged dealer, a fact that raised questions about motive. The defendant was tried on murder and attempted murder charges; a jury found Quennel Young not guilty of all charges in April 2018. Did anyone in Beechmont or the Louisville area have information about Napper’s movements or contacts in the days before August 5, 2016?