While Louisville's overall homicide rate is improving — dropping from 93 homicides this time last year to 62 so far this year — the trend hasn’t extended to youth victims.

Community leaders attribute the downward trend to increased police presence and neighborhood outreach efforts.

Louisville Metro Police said officers responded just after 6 p.m. to the report of a break-in at Zion Baptist Church in the Russell neighborhood. 

The shooting happened just after 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. 

It happened around 11:30 p.m. in the 1700 block of W. Chestnut Street.