Brandon Douglas Hansford was 29 when he was shot and killed in Louisville, Kentucky, on the night of July 18, 2016. He had just dropped off a friend and was stopped at Graston Avenue and Upper Hunters Trace in the Pleasure Ridge Park neighborhood when an unknown assailant approached his vehicle and fired multiple shots through the window, striking him five times. The car then accelerated across traffic and crashed into a nearby house; officers who arrived initially thought they were responding to a crash before finding Hansford deceased from gunshot wounds.

Less than a month before the killing, Hansford filed an emergency protective order against a man he said had stalked and physically assaulted him; that man was identified as the ex-boyfriend of a coworker. In the order Hansford said he feared for his safety and his child after an incident in which the man blocked the exit to his workplace and only backed away after seeing Hansford’s son. His mother later said she had been aware of the problems and feared something terrible might happen.

Vigils have been held and the Louisville Metro Police Department’s anonymous tip line remains open for information. Does anyone with knowledge of Brandon, his movements that night, or the people he named in the protective order have information to share?