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Police Chase From Oldham County Ends in West Louisville After Two Are Shot

Oldham County now leads the case due to the shooting location outside Jefferson County.

Overview

  • Louisville officers assisted Oldham County authorities in a pursuit that ended near 41st Street and West Muhammad Ali Boulevard in the Shawnee neighborhood.
  • Police at the stop found a male in the pursued car with a gunshot wound believed to have occurred outside Jefferson County, and he is being treated at UofL Hospital for injuries that are not life-threatening.
  • La Grange’s police chief said the case began with a shooting on Betances Court in Oldham County, where officers found a 16-year-old boy wounded and sent him to UofL Hospital.
  • Oldham County officers pursued a black Chevy Malibu with three people after it left the Betances Court scene on Interstate 71 and crossed into Louisville.
  • Police said the other people in the car fled either before the chase ended or afterward, and local reporters said they were still seeking more details from Oldham County as information remained limited.