Toreze Lamont Bland, known as Red, was shot and killed on December 11, 2015, in the Shawnee neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. The 22-year-old Black man was gunned down in front of an apartment building on Elliott Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets; his father said Bland didn’t even live at that location, and the family has questioned why he was there. Witnesses reported hearing as many as six gunshots.

The killing added to a pattern of loss for the Bland family. Toreze’s older brother, Craig Bland Jr., was shot and killed in May 2012, and two cousins had also been victims of fatal shootings in earlier years. In the days after Toreze’s death the family gathered at the scene with candles spelling out his nickname, and his father urged the community not to retaliate.

Louisville Metro Police investigated and asked the public for help, but no suspects were immediately identified and no arrests had been announced as of the latest reporting. Does anyone who lived in that area in December 2015 remember seeing Toreze or anything suspicious around Elliott Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets?