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An arrest has been made in connection with a deadly shooting on Altsheler Place.Stuart Cox, 24, was taken into custody Friday morning after leading authorities on a chase.Cox has been charged with the homicide of Tracey Brock, 20, who was found shot to death Friday in a home in Okolona.Friends told WLKY Brock was a mother of a 3-year-old girl."As soon as I woke up, I came right over here just to see. I didn't believe it," Brock's friend Megan Stanley said.Neighbors said a young man and his grandparents live at the home on Altsheler Place. The girlfriend, Brock, was staying with them.Timothy Schneidtmiller talked with the homeowners."They are just shocked. They said they can't believe this is happening and they don't understand why," Schneidtmiller said.Stanley lives a block away."It's horrible, especially to know that I was friends with her. I grew up with this girl and it's just sad," Stanley said.Stanley said the victim has lived in the neighborhood for years."It's horrible to know that one of my close friends is now dead," Stanley said.Louisville police considered Brock's boyfriend, Cox, to be a suspect in her homicide and put out a request to locate his vehicle. Cox was arrested Friday morning after Kentucky State Police troopers observed his 2000 Nissan passenger car traveling southbound on Interstate 65 at the 58 mile marker.Police said they tried to conduct a traffic stop, but Cox did not yield and attempted to flee.That's when police said Cox led troopers on a pursuit at a very high rate of speed through four counties, until he lost control of his vehicle at the 40 mile marker and spun out of control, wrecking off the right side of the roadway.Cox was turned over to Louisville police and is being held at Metro Corrections on a $500,000 bond. He is schedule to be back in court April 5.An autopsy for Brock is scheduled for Saturday.The investigation into her homicide remains ongoing.