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\nLouisville police said a woman was shot and killed while walking a child to school in the Russell neighborhood Wednesday morning. <\/p>\n
\nLouisville police said a woman was shot and killed while walking a child to school in the Russell neighborhood Wednesday morning. <\/p>\n
Louisville Metro Police Chief Paul Humphrey said the shooting happened about 8 a.m. near 11th and Chestnut streets, which is near the Chestnut Street Family YMCA, Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary School, Central High School and several bus stops. <\/p>\n
Humphrey said the young woman was walking a young child to the bus stop when the shooting happened. She was taken to UofL Health Hospital downtown, where she died. The child wasn’t injured. <\/p>\n
Louisville Metro Police worked with Jefferson County Public Schools Police to identify and locate a 15-year-old suspect, who was arrested near Shawnee High School and questioned by homicide detectives. However, Humphrey said later Wednesday that the teenager was deemed to have been there but not the one who pulled the trigger. He was then released.<\/p>\n
Humphrey said they are searching for the murder suspect and described him as a young Black male wearing a red hoodie sweatshirt and black sweatpants.<\/p>\n
The chief said there were “several” children at the bus stop who witnessed what happened.<\/p>\n
He said Louisville Metro Police and the YMCA are working with students and families impacted by the violence. Jefferson County Public Schools counselors are supporting students, and the Office of Violence Prevention is also involved.<\/p>\n
The fatal shooting happened near another shooting scene on West Chestnut Street, where someone opened fire near a bus stop on August 7, the first day of school for Jefferson County Public Schools. A 15-year-old is facing 34 charges including wanton endangerment and possession of a handgun by a minor.<\/p>\n
Humphrey said homicide detectives are looking into whether the two shootings are connected and added that Wednesday’s shooting was the first day of the school year there hadn’t been a police presence at the bus stop.<\/p>\n
Anyone with additional information about what happened is asked to call the tip line at 502-574-LMPD (5673). You can remain anonymous.
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