LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A man is dead after being shot in west Louisville Sunday night, according to Louisville Metro Police.
Aug. 28 around 11 p.m., LMPD First Division responded to a call of a shooting in the 1700 block of West Broadway, according to a press release.
When officers arrived on scene, they found 25-year-old Shadarrion Youngblood had been shot in Louisville's California neighborhood. He was transported to UofL Hospital in critical condition where he later died, officials said.
Over a month after the shooting, a Louisville man was driving down an interstate in Henry County when he was pulled over by Kentucky State Police for a traffic violation. Shortly thereafter, the trooper discovered the driver was wanted for murder.
On Oct. 2 at around 1:30 a.m., a KSP trooper conducted a traffic stop on a 2012 Dodge Challenger on I-71 in Henry County, according to a KSP press release.
The KSP trooper identified the driver of the vehicle as 29-year-old Alex Foster from Louisville. Foster had two active warrants in Jefferson County: Possession of a Handgun by Convicted Felon and Murder, officials say.
The murder Foster was charged with: Youngblood being shot multiple times and succumbing from his injuries at the hospital.
According to court documents, Foster was already a convicted felon and was illegally in possession of the firearm he allegedly used to shoot the victim.
Foster was arrested and lodged at the Oldham County Detention Center where he awaits sentencing.
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