Aaron Anthony Welker, 33, was found inside his kitchen in a Pioneer Trail home in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, with a fatal gunshot wound to the head. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 29, 2025, and a call to the Pioneer Village Police Department came just before 4:30 a.m., leading to Kentucky State Police involvement and an autopsy at the state Medical Examiner’s Office in Louisville.

Officers encountered 34-year-old Kent Russell at the residence; Russell was interviewed by detectives, arrested, and charged with murder, then lodged in the Bullitt County Detention Center. Welker, born November 24, 1991, worked in HVAC for Bryant Heating and Cooling and is remembered by family as a loving son, devoted father to Mason L. Welker and Bryce Welker, brother, uncle, and someone who enjoyed boating and playing paintball with his boys.

The investigation remains ongoing. If anyone has information about that night or about activity on Pioneer Trail around June 29, please share what is known with authorities.