Louisville, KY – According to the LMPD officials, the officer-involved shooting occurred right after 6 p.m. Monday evening.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 911 caller told the dispatcher that they spotted\u00a0multiple juvenile males illegally entenng a detached garage locatca on a vacant\u00a0property with what was reported as a suspected stolen vehicle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Officers respond to the\u00a0800 block of S. 38th Street. When they arrived on scene, they could hear subjects inside\u00a0of the garage and had drawn their weapon due to multiple unknown threats. <\/span><\/p>\n

As the officers waited for back up, the garage\u00a0door opened, and multiple juveniles ran out of the garage. As one officer tried to detain the suspects, his service weapon\u00a0discharged one bullet. The discharge is believed to have been unintentional. <\/span><\/p>\n

One teen suspect was detained from the group\u00a0that ran, but refused to answer any questions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Neither the officers nor the individual detained were injured during the incident. During further examination of the scene,\u00a0no evidence presented itself that would alert officers on scene that anyone had been injured.<\/span><\/p>\n

About an hour later, Norton Children’s Hospital personnel informed our officers that a teenage male made his way by\u00a0private means, where he was treated for what is believed to be a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. <\/span><\/p>\n

LMPD was then informed that another teenage male arrived at Norton’s Hospital Downtown\u00a0with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both teens gave multiple conflicting statements to investigators regarding how\u00a0they were shot and denied being at the 800 block of S. 38th Street scene.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the next few hours, LMPD detectives began reviewing body worn camera footage and other evidence to ascertain how\u00a0the juveniles were shot. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0The officer was placed on administrative leave\u00a0LMPD consulted with Kentucky State Police (KSP) and KSP instructed LMPD to conduct the investigation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Louisville, KY – According to the LMPD officials, the officer-involved shooting occurred right after 6 p.m. Monday evening.…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4515","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-crime-and-safety","8":"cs-entry","9":"cs-video-wrap"},"yoast_head":"\n