LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Jefferson County Coroner's office has released the name of a 17-year-old girl found dead in an alley in the Parkland neighborhood late Sunday morning.
Seventeen-year-old Makenna Robinson died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to deputy coroner Anthony Wight.
LMPD officers from the Second Division found Robinson's body just before noon Sunday in an alley behind the 3100 block of Grand Avenue, according to a written statement from LMPD spokeswoman Alicia Smiley.
Monday, LMPD said the investigation continues and there are no suspects.
People who live in the area say they heard shots being fired Sunday morning.
"You heard, what we thought was a wooden plank just falling and then you heard it again like two seconds after that, and then it was like a third shot I think we heard," said Marnita Griffith, who lives nearby.
Griffith said she's spent about half of her life in the neighborhood and the violence is nothing new, but those involved are getting younger and younger.
"A lot of them, to tell you the truth, they can get ahold of a gun before they get a diploma, resources, anything. It's easy," she said. "It's turned into the Wild, Wild West, no joke."
She said she didn't know Robinson, but each time something like this happens, it's upsetting.
"It's heartbreaking to know that she was young, but this is beginning to be common," she said. "I don't know what it was over, but I don't think nobody deserves that."
As of Sunday night, there have been 128 criminal homicides in Metro Louisville. Compared to this time last year, there were 70 homicides.
LMPD's Homicide Unit is handling the investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call LMPD's tip line at 502-574-LMPD (5673). Callers can remain anonymous.
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