Incident
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8-19-2024 Kentucky Elizabethtown 3-1
Location
August 19, 2024
Hardin County Courthouse120 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
Sources
- URL: https://www.facebook.com/SoKyBreakingNews/posts/pfbid02RHZkYNbmF5yb58iXYTTCC4kdcFkbfpPrTHnKmqhr4hfFeEx1DaVd86488ahiDLqMl
- URL: https://www.wdrb.com/news/3-people-shot-outside-hardin-county-courthouse-monday-morning-police-searching-for-suspect/article_d54d3210-5e2d-11ef-bff3-ebada6ccd6ef.html
District
Congressional District: 2State Senate District: 10
State House District: 25