Man shot to death in Louisville's Jacobs neighborhood

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Police are investigating after a man was shot to death in Louisville's Jacobs neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.

According to Louisville Metro Police Department spokesperson Dwight Mitchell, the shooting happened around 1 p.m. in the 2400 block of Nichols View Court. That's near Jacob Elementary School.

Mitchell said officers responding to the scene found a man with at least one gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

At the time of this writing, he has not been publicly identified.

Because of the investigation, parents were asked to pick their students up from the back of the school.

The school dismissed students about 30 minutes late. Families had to pick their student up directly at the door.

This is the back of Jacobs Elementary. LMPD said a man was killed near the front of the school. Parents have been told to pick students up from the back of the school. School ended at 3:44 but parents are still waiting. @WDRBNews pic.twitter.com/xrimPEpfjW
— Katrina Nickell WDRB (@knickelltv) May 3, 2023

Parent Crystal Sanders rushed to the school when she heard there was a shooting. When she arrived, she said there were about six police cars.

By the time she picked up her children, the front was marked off with police tape and an armored vehicle and several police cars were in the front of the school.

"I knew I wasn't supposed to be here, but I couldn't leave my babies, not knowing if my babies were safe," Sanders said.

Stephanie Newkirk and her husband had to pick their nephew up from school. The couple has lived in the neighborhood for years and said they are concerned about the safety in the area.

“At one point it wasn’t a dangerous neighborhood now it’s turning into one and has been the last couple of years since COVID-19," Newkirk said.

Tatyana Robinson, a Valley High School student, was near Jacob Elementary at a Jefferson County Public Schools' bus compound. She waited to pick up her younger brother.

"I knew what was happening cause my school was on lockdown for over 2 1/2 hours the other day for a gun threat because there was a fight," Robinson said. "This just feels like the normal to me, because this is our new normal."

The front was marked off by police tap and police cars and an armored vehicle lined the streets and parking lot in the front.

The LMPD Homicide Unit is investigating. No arrests have been made.

Anyone with information is asked to call the LMPD crime tipline at 502-574-LMPD (5673). Anonymous tips can also be sent online through the Crime Tip Portal.