Three adult men ended up at UofL Hospital early Sunday after a shooting that left victims at two locations in Louisville. Louisville Metro Police officers found two men with gunshot wounds in the 1800 block of Mellwood Avenue, while a third man flagged down an ambulance near Preston Highway and East Gray Street — and officials say preliminary information points to all three being hurt in the same incident.
According to WLKY, LMPD officers were dispatched to the Mellwood Avenue address at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, October 25, 2026, where they located the two gunshot victims. EMS transported both men to UofL Hospital. The third man, found separately near the Preston Highway and East Gray Street intersection, was also taken to UofL Hospital, and investigators have indicated he appears to be connected to the same shooting rather than a coincidental, unrelated injury.
LMPD had not released any suspect information at the time of the report, and the department's Non-Fatal Shooting Unit has taken over the investigation, the same report notes.
A Specialized Unit Built for Cases Like This
The Non-Fatal Shooting Unit isn't new to this kind of case. The unit took on its first investigation in May 2023, and it has since conducted 493 investigations with 158 arrests, achieving a 32 percent clearance rate, per the station's earlier reporting. That same coverage notes the unit doesn't handle every type of shooting — cases tied to robberies or carjackings, for instance, fall outside its scope.
The unit's caseload reflects a broader data picture: the Louisville Metro Gun Violence Dashboard recorded at least 348 non-fatal shootings in one year-to-date comparison, down from 390 at the same point the prior year. The dashboard, maintained by the city, is updated daily with trends, victim demographics and mapping visuals.
A City Still Grappling With Gun Violence Despite Declines
Citywide numbers suggest Louisville's violence has eased in recent years. So far in 2026, the city has seen a 23 percent drop in homicide victims and a 25 percent drop in non-fatal shooting victims compared to the same point last year, according to LouisvilleKY.gov. Louisville recorded 113 homicides in 2025, and non-fatal shootings that year were at their lowest levels in a decade, as reported by Louisville Public Media.
Still, the outlet notes that violent crime overall has significantly declined from a 2021 peak, yet Louisville's homicide rate has remained higher than the average for large American cities every year since 2019. Rates of violent crime and homicide are especially high in the city's West End, including the Russell neighborhood, per the same report.
Other Recent Shootings Around the City
Sunday's incident is not the only recent shooting to draw LMPD attention near the Mellwood corridor or elsewhere in the city. A separate shooting was reported before 9 p.m. on a Saturday in the parking lot of the Mellwood Arts Center, though no injuries were reported at that scene; Armando Castaneda-Ruiz was arrested on charges of attempted murder and first-degree wanton endangerment in that case, the station reported.
Exactly seven days earlier, Louisville police investigated a shooting at a reported house party that left one man hospitalized, as detailed by WDRB. In that case, the victim told investigators he had been shot at a house party but did not provide a location or any information about a possible suspect.
No arrests or suspect descriptions have been announced in Sunday's shooting, and LMPD's Non-Fatal Shooting Unit continues to investigate.
