Louisville's October 2022 homicides: What we know about the cases

Courier Journal staff
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Louisville's homicide count in October sat in single digits, according to police, after an especially violent September.

Louisville Metro Police and other local law enforcement agencies responded to seven homicides over the course of October, those departments reported at the time. All seven were fatal shootings, police reported.

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Anyone with information about these homicides can contact the Louisville Metro Police anonymous tip line at 502-574-LMPD (5673) or provide information online at p3tips.com/tipform.aspx?ID=563.

By the end of October, Louisville had suffered at least 137 homicides in 2022.

Man shot to death in Newburg

A man was shot to death in the Newburg neighborhood on Oct. 31.

Sixth Division officers with LMPD were dispatched to the 4000 block of Lula Way, according to a release from the department. While on the scene, police found a man who had been shot and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Aaron Ellis, a spokesperson for LMPD.

The identity of the person killed was not released. Ellis said there were no suspects.

Person found dead in St. Denis neighborhood

A person was found dead on Oct. 30 in the St. Denis neighborhood after a shooting.

Louisville Metro Police spokesperson Alicia Smiley said Second Division officers were dispatched after a reported shooting at the intersection of Cane Run Road and Rockford Lane. Police found the man with a gunshot wound at the location, who was pronounced dead on the scene.

There are currently no suspects, Smiley said.

Man killed in shooting in Russell

A man died on Oct. 28 at University of Louisville Hospital after a shooting in Louisville's Russell neighborhood.

First Division officers responded to a call about a shooting at about 9 p.m. in the 1000 block of Esquire Alley where they found a person who had been shot, LMPD spokesperson Dwight Mitchell said. He said the man was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

Louisville Metro Police spokesperson Alicia Smiley said later the person who was shot succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. LMPD's homicide unit is investigating.

The identity of the victim was not released. There are no suspects, Mitchell said.

Antwand Hendricks

A man was killed on Oct. 28 in a shooting in Louisville's Russell neighborhood.

First Division LMPD officers responded to the call at about 5:30 p.m., according to the department, where they found a man who had been shot multiple times at 13th and Jefferson streets. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to LMPD.

The victim was identified by the Deputy Coroner of the Jefferson County Coroner's Office as 45-year-old Antwand Hendricks.

No arrests have been reported.

Leonard Werner

A man was pronounced dead Oct. 23 after being shot in Fern Creek, according to Dwight Mitchell, a spokesperson for the Louisville Metro Police Department.

LMPD responded to a call about a shooting around 8:30 p.m. Sunday night at the 5500 block of Overbrook Woods Place and located a man that had received fatal injuries, Mitchell said.

There are no suspects in custody, police said.

The man who was killed was identifed by the Jefferson County Coroner's Office on Oct. 25 as 34-year-old Leonard Werner.

Jermaine Wolo

A 26-year-old man was pronounced dead on Oct. 13 in Jeffersontown after being shot, according to Jeffersontown Police.

Officers with the department responded to a report of a shooting at about 11:30 p.m. in the 3000 block of Tree Lane, Chief Rick Sanders said. When officers arrived, he said, they found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound to the stomach. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The victim was later identified by the Jefferson County Coroner's Office as Jermaine Wolo.

No suspects have been arrested in the case, which is being investigated by Jeffersontown Police.

Marlin Polk

Marlin Polk, 51, was pronounced dead on Oct. 1 after officers found him shot in Louisville's Park Duvalle neighborhood, Louisville Metro Police said.

Second division officers responded at about 4:30 a.m. to a call about a shooting at the 1400 block of Hazel Street, and when they arrived at the scene, they found Polk, who had been shot multiple times, Louisville Metro Police spokesperson Alicia Smiley said. She said emergency medical services pronounced him dead at the scene.

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