Trey Leavell was 23 years old. He had people who loved him, a future that stretched out before him, and a Monday afternoon that should have been ordinary. Instead, it became the day his family’s world stopped. On March 24, 2025, Trey was shot outside the Kimber Green Apartments on Evansville’s east side. He died later that day at St. Vincent Hospital, and a community that knew his name, or should have known it, began the difficult work of mourning a young man taken far too soon.
The shooting happened around noon. Police arrived to find Trey suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Investigators later noted evidence suggesting more than one firearm may have been used. They collected shell casings, interviewed witnesses, and combed through surveillance footage, building a case against the person they believe took Trey’s life.
Later that same day, 16-year-old Noah Hogan was arrested and charged with murder, along with criminal recklessness and obstruction of justice. Prosecutors moved to waive him to adult court, where he will face the charges.
For Trey’s family, the details of the investigation matter, but they cannot fill the space he left behind. They remember a son and brother whose presence brought joy to those around him. They remember a young man who deserved to grow older, who deserved to see what his life would become.
Instead, they are left with the weight of his absence, a weight that the Evansville community has tried to share, gathering around them with meals, with memories, with the quiet solidarity of neighbors who understand that some losses belong to everyone.
The shooting on Kimber Lane has raised questions that the city has grappled with before. How does a confrontation escalate to gunfire in the middle of the day? How does a 16-year-old end up charged with murder? What does it mean for a community to lose someone so young to violence that feels both random and tragically predictable? These are the questions investigators are working to answer, but for those who loved Trey, answers will not bring him back.
Trey Leavell was 23 years old. He was a son, a brother, a friend. He died on a Monday afternoon in a place where he should have been safe. His family will bury him, and the Evansville community will mourn, and in the weeks and months ahead, they will tell the stories that keep him alive.
They will remember his laugh, his presence, the joy he brought. They will hold onto the love he gave, a love that does not end with his death, a love that continues in everyone who knew him. And they will wait for justice, knowing that nothing can undo what happened, but hoping that accountability will bring some measure of peace.