The public is being asked to avoid the area of 40th and Kentucky streets in the Chickasaw neighborhood after an LMPD officer was shot multiple times. Just before 3 a.m., officials posted an update on X, formerly known as Twitter, to avoid the area due to a “heavy police presence.”According to a high-ranking administration official, the officer was rushed into surgery at UofL Hospital where doctors worked to figure out the exit and entry wounds.A source tells WLKY the officer is in “critical but stable condition.”Gov. Andy Beshear posted a statement on X shortly after 5 a.m. asking Kentuckians to join him and First Lady Britainy Beshear in praying for the officer, their loved ones and all of LMPD.This is a developing story. Updates to come.
The public is being asked to avoid the area of 40th and Kentucky streets in the Chickasaw neighborhood after an LMPD officer was shot multiple times.
Just before 3 a.m., officials posted an update on X, formerly known as Twitter, to avoid the area due to a “heavy police presence.”
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According to a high-ranking administration official, the officer was rushed into surgery at UofL Hospital where doctors worked to figure out the exit and entry wounds.
A source tells WLKY the officer is in “critical but stable condition.”
Gov. Andy Beshear posted a statement on X shortly after 5 a.m. asking Kentuckians to join him and First Lady Britainy Beshear in praying for the officer, their loved ones and all of LMPD.
This content is imported from Twitter.
You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.
This is a developing story. Updates to come.
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