On May 20, 2014, a shootout at the Beecher Terrace housing complex in the Russell neighborhood of Louisville left two men dead. Dwight Dion Patterson Jr., 26, who worked in home improvement and construction, and 29-year-old Robert Hebert were found with gunshot wounds in close proximity to one another in the early evening. Officers arrived about 6:30 p.m.; both were taken to the University of Louisville Hospital. Patterson died of a gunshot wound to the torso at 7:03 p.m.; Hebert died shortly afterward of multiple gunshot injuries.

Detectives concluded the pair shot each other during the exchange and found no evidence of other participants, so no additional suspects were sought. The killings followed another recent homicide in the neighborhood: Hebert’s brother had been killed about three weeks earlier nearby. Patterson was survived by his parents, several siblings, and his children and was buried at Green Meadows Cemetery after services at Ratterman Grand Chapels.

Did anyone in the Russell area see or hear anything that night that could shed more light on how the confrontation began?