Death investigation underway after man shot and killed at east Louisville park, police say

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A man was shot and killed Monday evening at a park in east Louisville.

Aaron Ellis, a spokesperson for Louisville Metro Police, said officers were called to the 600 block of Gatehouse Lane in Douglass Hills on a reported shooting at 7:35 p.m. That's off Blankenbaker Parkway and Finchley Road.

Responding officers found a teenager suffering from a gunshot wound at the gazebo at Warren Walker Park, according to LMPD

He was pronounced dead at the scene. The Jefferson County Coroner's Office later identified him as 18-year-old Tasean Brown.

LMPD's Homicide Unit is now conducting a death investigation.

Anyone with information in this or any other case is asked to call LMPD's anonymous Crime Tip Line at 502-574-LMPD (5673). Tips can also be submitted anonymously online through the department's Crime Tip Portal by clicking here.

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