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JCTC

Shot Outside Technical Campus Building A, on the Same Day Louisville Was Already Reeling

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Confirmed Threat

On the morning of April 10, 2023, a man was shot and killed and a woman wounded outside JCTC's Technical Campus at 8th and Chestnut streets in downtown Louisville. The 24-year-old victim, Chea'von Moore, died at the scene, and the college confirmed there was 'no active aggressor' and closed all campuses for the day, hours after the deadly Old National Bank mass shooting elsewhere in the city.

Alerts
2
Response
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Killed
1
Injured
1
Institution
Jefferson Community and Technical College
Community College · KY
~13,000 studentsJCTC Alerts
Confirmed Timeline

Alert Sequence

2 messages in sequence · 1 verified verbatim

Some alert texts below are approximate reconstructions from news coverage, not confirmed verbatim transcripts. Reconstructed texts are shown in italic with a dashed border. Verified verbatim texts have a solid border and are marked accordingly.

INITIAL ALERTSMS
Approximate reconstruction172 chars
JCTC Alert: Police activity reported near the Technical Campus at 8th and Chestnut. Avoid the area and follow instructions from law enforcement. More information to follow.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

The shooting was reported around 11 a.m. at 8th and Chestnut streets, the location of JCTC's downtown Technical Campus; the suspects had already fled before officers arrived.
Reconstructed wording for the initial notification; the exact first-alert text was not published, so isVerbatimConfirmed is false.
ALL CLEARWebsite
Verified verbatimJCTC statement quoted by WHAS 11270 chars
All Jefferson Campuses are clear and closed for the day out of respect for those involved in shootings that have occurred today in our City. We can confirm there was a shooting OUTSIDE of the Technical Campus Building A, and there is no active aggressor on our campuses.
JCTC stressed the shooting was OUTSIDE Technical Campus Building A and that there was 'no active aggressor on our campuses,' language meant to defuse active-shooter fears.
The phrase 'out of respect for those involved in shootings that have occurred today in our City' references the Old National Bank mass shooting that killed five people in Louisville the same morning.
The capitalization of OUTSIDE is preserved exactly from the official statement as an emphasis marker.
Context

Background

Jefferson Community and Technical College's downtown Technical Campus sits at 8th and Chestnut streets in Louisville. On the morning of April 10, 2023, hours after a gunman killed five people at the Old National Bank a few blocks away, a separate shooting outside JCTC left a 24-year-old man dead and a woman injured. WAVE 3 and WDRB reported the victims were shot outside and the suspects fled before police arrived. WHAS 11 quoted JCTC confirming the shooting was outside Technical Campus Building A and that there was no active aggressor on campus; the college closed all campuses for the day. The victim was identified by WDRB as 24-year-old Chea'von Moore, and WAVE 3 later reported that Chrishawn Chaz Philpot, 26, was charged with complicity to murder. The case shows the messaging challenge of a real but non-active-shooter homicide on a college's doorstep on a day the city was already on edge.
Analysis

Key Findings

A man was killed and a woman wounded outside JCTC's Technical Campus Building A; the suspects fled before police arrived
JCTC's official statement explicitly told the community there was 'no active aggressor on our campuses' to counter active-shooter fears
The incident occurred the same morning as the Old National Bank mass shooting that killed five people elsewhere in Louisville
All JCTC campuses closed for the day; Chrishawn Chaz Philpot was later charged with complicity to murder
Outcome
Chea'von Moore, 24, was pronounced dead at the scene; a woman was taken to University of Louisville Hospital. The suspects fled before police arrived. Chrishawn Chaz Philpot, 26, was later charged with complicity to murder, assault, and being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun.
Provenance

Sources

  1. News
    1 dead, 1 injured in shooting outside JCTC - WAVE 3 News
    wave3.com
  2. News
    Police: 1 dead, 1 wounded after shooting outside JCTC building in Louisville - WDRB
    wdrb.com
  3. News
    JCTC: 'All clear' given following reported 'Active shooter situation' - WHAS 11
    whas11.com
  4. News
    Authorities identify 24-year-old man shot to death outside JCTC building in Louisville - WDRB
    wdrb.com
  5. News
    Louisville man charged in deadly shooting at JCTC campus - WAVE 3 News
    wave3.com
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Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion