Incident

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11-19-2024 Kentucky Louisville 2-1

Location

November 19, 2024

400 block of Roselane St
Louisville, Kentucky

Participants

Type: Victim
Participant Characteristics:
- Law Enforcement
Name: Officer Laxman Acharya
Age Group: Adult 18+
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Participant Characteristics:
- Law Enforcement
Name: Officer Brendan Koerner
Age Group: Adult 18+
Status: Injured

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Jeremiah Thompson
Age: 19
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Officer Involved Incident
Officer Involved Shooting - Officer shot
Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator shot

Notes

between S Preston St and S Jackson St, two officers and passenger inside stolen vehicle shot during struggle over suspect's handgun, Glock 26 with two serial numbers

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: 9mm

Sources

URL: https://www.wdrb.com/news/crime-reports/2-louisville-police-officers-shot-in-citys-smoketown-neighborhood/article_e08242be-a6e0-11ef-9554-e3c67b47f6b5.html

URL: https://www.wlky.com/article/heavy-police-presence-smoketown-louisville-lmpd/62956207

URL: https://www.whas11.com/article/news/crime/louisville-police-officers-shot-smoketown-suspect-arrested-update-lmpd/417-6f45d15c-30ae-4be2-b271-7a851ab8aae9

URL: https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2024/11/20/officers-shot--1-released-from-hospital--other-has-surgery-on-hand

URL: https://www.wave3.com/2024/11/21/witness-video-shows-moment-2-officers-were-shot-smoketown/

District

Congressional District: 3
State Senate District: 26
State House District: 43