2 juvenile suspects arrested for Thanksgiving Day shootings in the Shawnee neighborhood

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Police arrested two juvenile suspects months after a two teenagers were shot — one of them fatally — in Louisville's Shawnee neighborhood.

Aaron Ellis, a spokesman for the Louisville Metro Police Department, announced the arrests of two 16-year-old male suspects Monday. Their names were not released, as juvenile records are sealed, and no mugshots are available.

The shootings took place last year, on Nov. 25, Thanksgiving morning. Police were called to the 600 block of Hecks Lane, near River Park Drive, around 2:30 a.m., after someone reported a shooting there.

When officers arrived, they found a boy later identified as Cortez Duncan Jr., who had been shot several times. Duncan, 15, was taken to University of Louisville Hospital, where he died.

Minutes later, police located another boy just blocks away on Dearborn Avenue. Officers found a 15-year-old who had been shot. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition. On Monday, Ellis said he survived his injuries.

Police said both teens were shot at the same location on Hecks Lane. It is unclear how the second teen got to Dearborne Avenue.

Ellis said the two suspects are charged with Complicity to Murder, Possession of a Handgun by a Minor and Possession of a Defaced Firearm.