An arrest has been made in connection with a shooting that led a man to check himself into UofL Health St. Mary Hospital with a gunshot wound to his left leg.
At around 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 1, the victim was brought to the hospital by friends and then transported to University Hospital with injuries that are believed to be non-life-threatening.
LMPD’s Non-Fatal Shooting unit was dispatched to University Hospital, and once they arrived, they assumed control of this investigation.
Detectives learned that he had been shot in the 800 block of Denmark Street. Officers were dispatched to that location and located a scene.
Police announced on Thursday afternoon that 35-year-old Flor Orantes was arrested in connection with the shooting and lodged in the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections.
According to arrest documents, Orantes was caught on video by a neighbor’s camera, firing multiple rounds in her backyard, where officers also found four shell casings.
When questioned, Orantes, who initially told officers that she did not know about the incident, confirmed that she had fired the shots in her backyard.
Orantes told police that she was intoxicated and took her sister’s handgun into the backyard, where she fired several times at the fence, in the direction of where the victim was hit while attending a party.
Orantes is charged with second-degree assault. Her arraignment is scheduled for Friday, January 2, at 9 a.m.
Source: WAVE
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