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69-year-old man killed in shooting in Parkland neighborhood

This is Louisville's seventh homicide this year.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A man is dead after he was shot multiple times in Louisville's Parkland neighborhood early on Friday morning.

Around 1 a.m., Louisville Metro Police responded to a shooting in the 1000 block of South 26th Street, according to an LMPD press release.

Officers found Mitchell Eddings, 69, with multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency Medical Services pronounced him dead on the scene.

This is the seventh reported homicide in Louisville in 2023.

LMPD’s Homicide Unit is handling the investigation. There are currently no suspects.  

Anyone with information is asked to call LMPD's anonymous Crime Tip Hotline at 502-574-LMPD (5673) or utilize LMPD's anonymous Crime Tip Portal online.

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