Incident

8-19-2024 Kentucky Elizabethtown 3-1

Location

August 19, 2024

Hardin County Courthouse
120 E Dixie Ave
Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Participants

  • Type: Victim
  • Name: Erica Riley
  • Age: 37
  • Age Group: Adult 18+
  • Gender: Female
  • Status: Killed
  • Type: Victim
  • Name: Janet Riley
  • Age: 71
  • Age Group: Adult 18+
  • Gender: Female
  • Status: Killed
  • Type: Victim
  • Age Group: Adult 18+
  • Gender: Male
  • Status: Injured
  • Type: Subject-Suspect
  • Name: Christopher Michael Elder
  • Age: 46
  • Age Group: Adult 18+
  • Gender: Male
  • Status: Killed

Incident Characteristics

  • Shot - Wounded/Injured
  • Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
  • Suicide^
  • Murder/Suicide
  • Officer Involved Incident
  • Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed
  • Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator suicide at standoff
  • Domestic Violence
  • Assault weapon (AR-15, AK-47, and ALL variants defined by law enforcement)

Notes

3 people shot in Courthouse parking lot incl subject's girlfriend re: EPO. 37yo GF dead at scene; GF 71yo mom died at hospital, ALT: Rylee. Poss weapons: 9mm rifle, AK rifle; led to OIS chase. 2nd scene: 1215pm standoff, Judges Chapel, 15675 N Greenville Rd, Hopkinsville, KY. end with self inflict gunshot.

Guns Involved

2 guns involved.

  • Type: Other
  • Type: Rifle

District

Congressional District: 2
State Senate District: 10
State House District: 25