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\nAt least two people are dead after a triple shooting near the Elizabethtown courthouse Monday morning.<\/p>\n
\nAt least two people are dead after a triple shooting near the Elizabethtown courthouse Monday morning.<\/p>\n
Chris Denham with Elizabethtown Police Department said calls came in reporting the shooting happened around 9 a.m. in the parking lot across from the Hardin Judicial Center in the 100 block of East Dixie Avenue.<\/p>\n
When officers arrived, they found two women and a male shot. One of the women died at the scene. She was identified as 37-year-old Erica Riley of Elizabethtown. The other woman shot was Riley\u2019s mother, 71-year-old Janet Riley of Hardinsburg. Janet was taken to the hospital in critical condition, but later died.<\/p>\n
During an update Monday afternoon, Chief Jeremy Thompson said this was a targeted shooting, and that Erica was dating the suspect, identified as 46 year-old Christopher Elder, of Elizabethtown. Thompson said the other two victims were family members of Erica.<\/p>\n
Thompson said Elder fled the scene before Elizabethtown Police arrived, leading to a cross-county police pursuit, which ended in a standoff with officers in Christian County in western Kentucky.<\/p>\n
Denham said during the standoff, Elder shot himself. He was taken to the hospital and is in critical condition.<\/p>\n
Hardin County court records indicate the suspect and Erica were scheduled for a hearing on an emergency protective order (EPO) Erica had filed against him.
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