Do you know who murdered Benjamin? Benjamin Turner, a 20-year-old African American male, was shot on the night of August 2, 2016, at The Enclave at Breckenridge apartment complex off Breckenridge Lane in Louisville, Kentucky. The shooting was reported around 10:15 p.m. in the 3100 block of Church Park Circle, a quiet area of the Hikes Point neighborhood where residents later said the violence felt jarring and out of place. Turner was found suffering from a gunshot wound in a parking lot near the apartment complex's pool.
Emergency responders rushed him to University of Louisville Hospital, but he was pronounced dead there.
The circumstances around why Turner was at the complex were unclear. Neighbors told local reporters that he did not live at The Enclave at Breckenridge, and they did not know what brought him there that night. His death came only 34 days after another deadly shooting at the same apartment complex, where 18-year-old Eric Tellis had been killed on June 29, 2016. Detectives said the two shootings were likely not connected, but the close timing left residents unsettled and raised questions about what was happening around the property.
The Jefferson County Coroner's Office identified Turner after the shooting and confirmed that he died from gunshot wounds. Local coverage described his death as Louisville's 63rd homicide of the year, underscoring how the city was already struggling with deadly violence by early August 2016. In the days after the shooting, police had not released a motive, and there was no public explanation of whether Turner had been targeted, caught in an argument, or attacked under other circumstances.
No arrests or named suspects were reported in the available online source material. WAVE reported that there was no word on any arrests or suspects at the time Turner was identified, and earlier coverage stated that no suspect information had been released. WHAS11 reported that police were searching for a suspect after Turner was killed and asked anyone with information to contact the anonymous tip line at 574-LMPD. Available reports do not show charges, a trial, or a conviction connected to his death.
