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LMPD: Suspect arrested in relation to January homicide in Crescent Hill neighborhood

Gregory Barnett, 61, was taken into custody without incident on Wednesday afternoon.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Metro Police have arrested a suspect in relation to a January homicide in the Crescent Hill neighborhood.

Gregory Barnett, 61, was taken into custody without incident on Wednesday afternoon and charged with one count of murder.

Police said 35-year-old Andrew Valdez of Jeffersonville, Indiana was shot in the 100 block of North Birchwood Avenue around 5:30 p.m. 

Valdez was taken to UofL Hospital but died a short time later from his injuries.

No further information on what may have led to the shooting has not been released.

The Homicide Unit is handling the investigation and said all parties involved in this incident have been accounted for.

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