Man dead after being shot multiple times in Park DuValle, marking city’s first homicide
19TH TO DETERMINE WHO WILL BE THIS YEAR’S NATIONAL CHAMPION. IN OTHER NEWS TONIGHT, LMPD IS NOW INVESTIGATING THE FIRST HOMICIDE OF 2026. A MAN WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE PARK DUVALLE NEIGHBORHOOD THIS MORNING. WLKY’S MEGAN MATTHEWS WAS ON THE SCENE JUST AFTER THIS SHOOTING AND HAS THE LATEST. THIS HAPPENED AROUND 11 A.M. IN THE PARK DUVALLE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE 1500 BLOCK OF 31ST STREET. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, THEY FOUND A MAN ON THE GROUND WHO HAD BEEN SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES. POLICE MESKE WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED ON SCENE. THE LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE HOMICIDE UNIT IS NOW IN CHARGE OF THE INVESTIGATION. LMPD HOMICIDE DETECTIVES K-9 UNITS SEARCHED THE AREA LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE OF WHAT LED TO THE SHOOTING, AND FOR THOSE INVOLVED. ANYTIME WE CAN USE ANY OF OUR TOOLS, ANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE THAT CAN HELP US COME TO SOME TYPE OF CONCLUSION, WHAT HAPPENED HERE? WE’LL USE THEM. MANY NEIGHBORS LIKE TONY SAYING THAT ALTHOUGH THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN OFTEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HAVING SOMEONE SHOT NEARBY IS UNNERVING. IT WORRIES ME QUITE OFTEN. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I’VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME, AND I JUST SEE AND HEAR A LOT OF STUFF, YOU KNOW? SO IT JUST WORRIES ME, REALLY AND TRULY, IT REALLY DOES. AND IT’S VERY SAD NOW, FEELING LIKE THEY NOT ONLY HAVE TO BE MORE CAUTIOUS IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES NOW. THERE’S NO WAY FOR ANYBODY TO TO LIVE TO SEE IF YOU’RE GOING TO WALK TO THE STORE, JUST GOING TO GET A GLASS OF MILK AND YOU NOT COME BACK HOME TO YOUR LOVED ONES. IT’S PEOPLE LIKE I WAS JUST SAYING EARLIER, EVERYBODY GOT SOMEONE OUT HERE THAT LOVES THEM. LMPD SAYS THEY’RE NOW ASKING THOSE WHO WERE IN THE AREA FOR ANY SECURITY FOOTAGE PEOPLE MAY HAVE, OR ANY INFORMATION THAT MAY HELP WITH THE INVESTIGATION. THE SMALLEST TIP CAN BE THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG THAT LEADS TO THE THE ARREST AND PROSECUTION OF THE PERSON OR PERSONS INVOLVED IN THIS. AN
Man dead after being shot multiple times in Park DuValle, marking city’s first homicide
Updated: 5:45 PM EST Jan 9, 2026
A man is dead after being shot multiple times in the Park DuValle neighborhood, marking Louisville’s first homicide of 2026.The shooting happened around 11 a.m. in the 1500 block of South 31st Street, just west of Algonquin Park. When police arrived, they found the victim and he was given medical treatment on scene, but he ultimately died there.So far, there are no known suspects and K9s have been deployed.The Homicide Unit is investigating.Anyone with information is encourage to contact LMPD.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
A man is dead after being shot multiple times in the Park DuValle neighborhood, marking Louisville’s first homicide of 2026.
The shooting happened around 11 a.m. in the 1500 block of South 31st Street, just west of Algonquin Park.
When police arrived, they found the victim and he was given medical treatment on scene, but he ultimately died there.
So far, there are no known suspects and K9s have been deployed.
The Homicide Unit is investigating.
Anyone with information is encourage to contact LMPD.