Survivor recounts shooting that left his twin brother dead
By DeAndria Turner
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LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — Four days after surviving a shooting that killed his twin brother, Ravon Allen says he knows who was responsible and is pleading for justice.
“It hurts for me to think about my brother,” Allen said. “I can’t think about my brother.”
Allen said he and his twin, Remon, were shot Friday inside their Smoketown home after falling asleep.
“We’re all downstairs, playing on the game stuff, and they were getting high,” Allen said. “We fell asleep. Next thing you know, I heard somebody come in, but before I could open my eyes, me and my brother, we got shot up.”
Emergency radio traffic captured the violence.
“Nine gunshots heard from location,” one Broadcastify transmission said.
Allen said he remembers feeling multiple gunshots.
“I really did feel myself getting shot like four or five times,” he said.
He said he survived by playing dead, then forcing himself to regain his vision before calling 911.
“I had to sit down to get my composure together and really talked to God,” Allen said. “I asked God to give me my vision or to help me. … Once I got back together, I called the police.”
Dispatch audio described the scene in the moments after the shooting.
“He’s advising he’s inside and he was shot in his sleep,” one dispatcher said.
Another transmission said: “27-year-old male shot in the head.”
Allen said two other men were inside the home when he and his brother fell asleep. He said he believes they helped let the shooters inside.
“I know one of the guys, both of them had guns at the time, and I know they let someone in,” Allen said. “They let someone in the house to do it.”
As he recovers, Allen said the trauma of losing his twin has been overwhelming.
“Me and him went through any and everything together,” he said. “If I had nobody, it was my brother by my side 24/7.”
He said the image of his brother after the shooting is one he cannot escape.
“Any time I think about my brother, all I can think about is how he was shot, and he was just laying there,” Allen said.
Allen said his family did nothing to deserve what happened.
“We never carried ourself or did anything for this to happen,” he said. “I just want to get justice for my brother.”
He also said a detective showed him a photo of a possible suspect and that he immediately recognized the person.
“As soon as he showed me that first picture, I was like, ‘That was one of the main guys who did it,’” Allen said.
Allen said he remains hospitalized and is struggling physically and emotionally in the aftermath of the shooting.
“I can’t talk to anybody or anything like that at all,” he said. “I just been in the hospital suffering.”
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