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Kentucky State Police investigating shooting involving officer in Ludlow

Kentucky State Police investigating shooting involving officer in Ludlow

Kentucky State Police investigating shooting involving officer in Ludlow

Kentucky State Police investigating shooting involving officer in Ludlow

HAPPENS TONIGHT GUYS. THANKS SO MUCH. GOOD COVERAGE THERE. IN OTHER NEWS, KENTUCKY STATE POLICE HAVE NOW TAKEN OVER THE INVESTIGATION INTO THIS OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN LUDLOW. THIS HAPPENED INSIDE A PARKING LOT RIGHT OFF HIGHWAY AVENUE SHORTLY AFTER ABOUT 5:00 THIS MORNING. CURTIS COURTIS LIVE THERE IN LUDLOW WITH WHAT WE’RE LEARNING. HI, CURTIS. HI THERE, MIKE AND SHERRY. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE STILL MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS NOW. 13 HOURS AFTER THIS SHOOTING HAPPENED HERE IN LUDLOW. AND I CAN TELL YOU ALSO, SOME RESIDENTS SAY THEY HEARD AS MANY AS SEVEN SHOTS FIRED. AROUND FIVE. I HEARD WHAT I THOUGHT WAS GUNSHOTS. I LOOKED OUT MY BEDROOM WINDOW AND SAW THE CAR LEAVING FROM THAT AREA BACK THERE. FOLKS MIGHT TELL YOU NOTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS IN THIS LUDLOW NEIGHBORHOOD. IT’S NORMALLY QUIET. IT’S VERY QUIET. USUALLY THERE’S LIKE A SMALL RIVER TOWN. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THERE’S NOT MUCH CRIME HERE LIKE, LIKE THE BIGGER CITY OF COVINGTON, BUT THAT CHANGED THIS MORNING WHEN POLICE CONVERGED ON THIS AREA. THE CALL. SHOTS FIRED, SHOTS FIRED, CAR COPY. SHOTS FIRED. MESSAGE WITH A CAR. YOU. TEN FOUR. 25. THEY DID NOT SHOOT. I WAS UP ON THE HOOD OF THE CAR GOING OFF. I ENGAGED TEN FOR THIS FROM ANOTHER NEIGHBOR WHO ALSO DID NOT WANT HIS FACE SHOWN, BUT HIS WORDS GIVE A GOOD SENSE OF WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE. GOT TO THE HOP AT THE TOP OF THE HILL. I HEARD SEVEN SHOTS WHEN I GOT BACK. OFFICER WAS LAYING UP THERE AND UH, I DON’T KNOW WHERE THE GUYS WENT, BUT THAT’S WHAT I SAW. AT ONE POINT, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS PUT ON LOCKDOWN. WE WERE THERE AS POLICE TOWED A VEHICLE AWAY. NEIGHBORS SAY THIS AREA HAS BEEN A HOTSPOT FOR PEOPLE DITCHING STOLEN CARS. POLICE HAVE NOT CONFIRMED IF THAT WAS THE SITUATION IN THIS CASE. YES, MY NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID THAT. I DO KNOW THAT THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF CAR THEFTS HAPPENING IN LUDLOW. UM, AND SO I PUT IT ALL TOGETHER THAT I ASSUME THAT’S WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT. I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT THE NAME OF THAT LUDLOW POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED IN THIS SHOOTING HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED AT THIS HOUR, NOR HAS THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. AND ONE LAST POINT. WE DON’T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER PERSON WHO MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA SAID THEY SAW TWO PEOPLE RUNNING AWAY AND AGAIN, POLICE ONLY, UH, TOOK ONE PERSON INTO CUSTODY. REPORTING LIVE. I’M CURTIS FULLE
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Kentucky State Police investigating shooting involving officer in Ludlow

Kentucky State Police investigating shooting involving officer in Ludlow

Kentucky State Police shared new details Thursday, saying a shooting in Ludlow involved an officer.It happened early Thursday morning, prompting a heavy police presence and a shelter-in-place order.In an update Thursday afternoon, Ludlow police say one person has been taken into custody and there is no threat to the public. Dispatchers confirmed to WLWT that shots were fired in a parking lot in the 300 block of Highway Avenue.Kentucky State Police later shared on Thursday that the shooting involved an officer."The Kentucky State Police Post 6 in Dry Ridge has been requested by Ludlow Police Department to investigate an officer-involved shooting," KSP said in a release.KSP said due to the ongoing investigation, they will not be releasing specific details until witnesses have been interviewed and facts have been gathered. This incident remains under investigation by KSP Post 6 detectives.

Kentucky State Police shared new details Thursday, saying a shooting in Ludlow involved an officer.

It happened early Thursday morning, prompting a heavy police presence and a shelter-in-place order.

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In an update Thursday afternoon, Ludlow police say one person has been taken into custody and there is no threat to the public.

Dispatchers confirmed to WLWT that shots were fired in a parking lot in the 300 block of Highway Avenue.

Kentucky State Police later shared on Thursday that the shooting involved an officer.

"The Kentucky State Police Post 6 in Dry Ridge has been requested by Ludlow Police Department to investigate an officer-involved shooting," KSP said in a release.

KSP said due to the ongoing investigation, they will not be releasing specific details until witnesses have been interviewed and facts have been gathered.

This incident remains under investigation by KSP Post 6 detectives.