LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Another person has died from gun violence in Louisville within the first few days of the new year, officials say.
Louisville Metro Police said Jeremiah Buckner, 42, was found shot and killed in the Russell neighborhood Tuesday afternoon just before 1:30 p.m.
Officers with the department's First Division responded to a report of a shooting near Esquire Alley and Roy Wilkins Avenue. When they arrived, police found Buckner suffering from gunshot wounds.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A department spokesperson said LMPD’s Homicide Unit is handling the investigation. There are no suspects at this time.
"It's a very tragic thing, this is our fifth homicide of the year, it's very early," LMPD spokesperson Dwight Mitchell said. "It's not the start that any of us would want and we hope that this does not continue."
Anyone with information is asked to contact authorities using the anonymous Crime Tip Hotline at 502-574-LMPD (5673). Reports can also be made online using the anonymous Crime Tip portal.
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