LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville Metro Police are investigating after a man was found with multiple gunshot wounds inside vehicle that had hit a tree in the city's California neighborhood Friday afternoon.
Officers were called to the area of West Kentucky Street and Salem Avenue on a reported crash involving a car and a tree around 2:45 p.m., LMPD spokesperson John Bradley said in a statement.
Once on scene, they found a car that had hit a tree, and a man with multiple gunshot wounds inside.
Fire and EMS crews got the man out of the car and transported him to UofL Hospital where he died.
The Jefferson County Coroner later identified the man as 17-year-old Robert Sarver, Jr., of Louisville.Â
LMPD's Homicide Unit is investigating, but has no known suspects and has made no arrests.
Anyone with information is asked to call the department's anonymous Crime Tip Line at (502-574-LMPD (5673). Tips can also be submitted anonymously through the online Crime Tip Portal by clicking here.
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