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One dead in Louisville after police and National Guard 'return fire' on crowd
One dead in Louisville after police and National Guard 'return fire' on crowd
Louisville authorities did not specify who fired the fatal shot, and authorities have not released information about the victim
Image: The Army National Guard and Louisville Metro Police block a street during a protest in Kentucky on May 31, 2020.
The Army National Guard and Louisville Metro Police block a street during a protest in Kentucky on May 31, 2020.Bryan Woolston / Reuters
June 1, 2020, 6:39 AM EDT / Updated June 1, 2020, 9:28 AM EDT
By Ben Kesslen
A man was shot dead in Louisville after police officers and the Kentucky National Guard “returned fire” while clearing a large crowd early Monday.
Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad said in a statement that at around 12:15 a.m. his officers and the National Guard were sent to a parking lot to break up a crowd.
“Officers and soldiers began to clear the lot and at some point were shot at,” Conrad said in a statement. “Both LMPD and National Guard members returned fire, we have one man dead at scene”
Conrad did not specify who fired the fatal shot, and authorities have not released information about the victim.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1220831
