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18-year-old identified as homicide victim in Chickasaw shooting

The Jefferson County Coroner said 18-year-old Hakim Rushin died from a single gunshot wound after he was found Friday afternoon on 40th and Grand Avenue.
Credit: Steve Peake, WHAS

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — One day after a man was fatally shot in the Chickasaw neighborhood, authorities have now released his identity.

The Jefferson County Coroner said 18-year-old Hakim Rushin died from a single gunshot wound.

Rushin was found Friday near South 40th Street and Grand Avenue around 4 p.m. He was taken to University Hospital, listed in critical condition but later died.

Police have not revealed what may have led up to the shooting.

If you have any information that can help police solve this case, you are asked to call the Anonymous Tip Line at 574-LMPD (5673).

   

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