A Louisville judge has ruled there is enough evidence to send the case against 18-year-old Zion White to a grand jury, moving forward the prosecution of a teenager accused of killing two young mothers outside Family Scholar House. White is charged with murder and domestic violence murder in the deaths of 20-year-olds Iyanna Warr and Trinity Durham, who were shot to death Aug. 23. A grand jury is scheduled to take up the case Nov. 2.
Judge Jennifer Leibson determined there is enough evidence for the case against White to move forward, according to wdrbwave.com. As WLKY reported, the grand jury will take up the case against the Louisville teenager next month. White remains held on a $500,000 full-cash bond, which carries home-incarceration conditions should it be posted, per the same wdrbwave.com account.
Investigators Traced Uber Records and Texts After Phone Went Missing
Investigators say they have not recovered the gun used in the killings. Fifteen shell casings were collected from the scene, including one 9mm casing, according to the wdrbwave.com report. After White's phone went missing, investigators used search warrants to pull records tracking his Uber ride and text messages, the outlet notes.
White was arrested in the 3500 block of Vermont Avenue at about 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 25 by LMPD's Fugitive Unit, with assistance from the Homicide Unit and SWAT, according to a report from Yahoo News. The same report confirms the grand jury will review the case on Nov. 2. The wdrbwave.com report also states that White had previously been charged as a juvenile with kidnapping a woman and her child on Aug. 17, 2025.
Family Scholar House Adds New Security Gate After Shooting
In the wake of the killings, Family Scholar House officials announced ongoing security enhancements, including the installation of a new gate, according to a separate wdrbwave.com report on White's arrest. The shooting took place outside the facility, a Louisville residential and educational campus that serves families.
Under Kentucky law, a grand jury consists of 12 people, and nine concurring jurors may find an indictment, according to Kentucky General Assembly statute 29A.200. The case unfolds against a backdrop of what city officials describe as persistently high levels of gun violence in Louisville, with the city recording triple-digit homicides in nearly every year since 2016 and nearly 900 homicides between 2020 and 2025, 91% of them involving a firearm, according to louisvilleky.gov.
