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\nThe Kentucky State Police Post 4 in Elizabethtown continues the investigation into an officer-involved shooting that occurred on October 19, 2024, around 5:09 a.m. EDT. <\/p>\n
\nThe Kentucky State Police Post 4 in Elizabethtown continues the investigation into an officer-involved shooting that occurred on October 19, 2024, around 5:09 a.m. EDT. <\/p>\n
Preliminary findings from the investigation indicate that the Elizabethtown Police Department received multiple reports about a male individual inside Baptist Health Hardin Hospital possessing a firearm and having made numerous threats to hospital staff and patients. Information was also received that he had fired his weapon inside the hospital before their arrival. <\/p>\n
When officers arrived, they encountered several individuals running out of the hospital. Officers then entered Baptist Health Hardin and encountered the armed individual in a hallway, later identified as 39 year-old George Lee Jr., of Radcliff. Lee turned toward officers with the firearm and it was at that time Elizabethtown Police Department Officer Lieutenant Alex Ruiz fired his agency-issued weapon one time, striking Lee. <\/p>\n
Lee was stabilized at the scene and was then transported to the University of Louisville Hospital, where he remains in critical yet stable condition.<\/p>\n
In accordance with Elizabethtown Police Department standard operating procedures, Lt. Ruiz, a 10-year veteran of the Elizabethtown Police Department, was placed on paid administrative leave.<\/p>\n
These preliminary findings are subject to change as Kentucky State Police investigators continue this ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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