In the late hours of an April night in Louisville, Kentucky, the life of 40-year-old Troy Pruitt, a male, came to a tragic and violent end. His body was discovered around 11:30 p.m. on April 26, 2016, in the parking lot of Brandeis Elementary School, located at 28th and Garland Avenue. An autopsy would later confirm that he had died from a gunshot wound to the head.
Just moments before his death, Pruitt was on the phone with his fiancée's mother, a conversation that captured the
terrifying final seconds of his life. He told her that he was being shot at by individuals in a car who had asked him if his name was 'Roy.' It is believed that this was a case of mistaken identity. His future mother-in-law could hear him running and his desperate words that he was by the school before the line went silent.
Louisville Metro Police Department homicide detectives were called to the scene. They worked through the night to collect evidence, clearing the area before students and faculty arrived for the school day. Authorities appealed to the public for any information regarding the shooting and asked neighbors to report anything they might have seen or heard. Despite the investigation and the harrowing account of his final moments, publicly available information does not contain details of any arrests made or suspects identified in the killing of Troy Pruitt.
