Ashley Ann Spriggs, 26, was shot once in the head on the evening of July 12, 2016, at a residence on West Muhammad Ali Boulevard in the Russell neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. She was taken first to Norton Hospital and then transferred to the University of Louisville Hospital, where she was pronounced dead early the next morning. Spriggs was from New Albany, Indiana, and left behind a young son.

Authorities arrested 51-year-old Kenneth Willis two days after the shooting. An altercation followed when Willis accused Spriggs of stealing some of his drugs; during the confrontation Willis struck Spriggs with a handgun, which then discharged and caused the fatal wound. Willis and Wells transported Spriggs to the hospital.

Willis was charged with murder, possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, and possession of a controlled substance; his bond was set at $100,000. He was ultimately convicted of the lesser offense of reckless homicide and sentenced to five years in prison. Does anyone have additional information about Spriggs’s life in New Albany or about the Russell neighborhood that could shed light on what happened that night?