Three Shot Dead Outside Driver's Licensing Office in Louisville, KY; Suspect at Large

[C0RI0LANUS]

Source: ABC News

Three people were shot and killed in a parking lot outside a driver's licensing office in Louisville, Kentucky, on Friday, police said.

A male victim died at the scene while two female victims died at a hospital, Louisville police said. No suspect is in custody, police said. Witnesses said the suspect appeared to flee the scene, according to police.

"There does not seem to be a public threat," police said at a news conference.

Authorities didn't discuss any potential connection between the victims.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/3-shot-dead-drivers-licensing-office-louisville-suspects/story?id=119052937

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The killer is on the loose and the police said "there does not seem to be a public threat?"

In an average year, 827 people die and 1,857 are wounded by guns in Kentucky. The Bluegrass State has the 11th-highest rate of gun violence in the US. Gun deaths and injuries cost Kentucky $9.6 billion each year, of which $183.4 million is paid by taxpayers.

In Kentucky, 54.6% of adults have firearms at home. Licenses in 2021: 108,833



This photo of an unidentified child at a shooting range was taken in Kentucky years ago. (Photo: Scott Olson / Getty Images)

Sources:

https://everystat.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Gun-Violence-in-Kentucky-2024-05.pdf

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/gun-ownership-rates-by-state/26/

[Aristus]

1. Only in the USA...

Three people shot dead, and some law enforcement dipstick says "There is no threat".

[Skittles]

2. and repukes are more concerned about books than they are about guns

[NotHardly]

4. Police depts don't hire you if you are too smart.

[C0RI0LANUS]

3. Hi Aristus. You said it. I read that line twice to make sure my eyes saw what they saw.

Only in the US can a police officer say there is no threat to the public with a murder suspect at large.

[C0RI0LANUS]

5. I hope Moscow Mitch never catches a bullet when he returns to the Bluegrass State.

Moscow Mitch has an A+ rating from the NRA. (Credit: Gage Skidmore / Flickr)

McConnell has been a fierce opponent of gun restrictions throughout his 35-year Senate career and has reaped the benefits of a close relationship with the National Rifle Association.

And poor, long-suffering Columbine massacre victim Anne Marie Hochhalter recently passed.


Anne Marie Hochhalter reacts during a vigil remembering the 25th anniversary of the mass shooting on 19 Apr 2024 in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)

America suffers warzone casualties every year without a foreign invader. The shootings are dispersed throughout the country, but the CDC and the Gun Violence Archive tabulate the national casualty count. The US should consider deploying US Navy Corpsmen or US Army medics throughout the country to triage our daily casualties.


(Photo: US Army)

Sources:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/mcconnell-has-long-history-opposing-gun-legislation-wake-tragedies-n1039806

https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/

[GreenWave]

6. No surveillance camera?

[Bayard]

7. Article does not say what area of town

I'd be real curious about that, as a native Louisvillian.

[C0RI0LANUS]

8. The shooting was in Valley Station, SW Louisville.

(Image: Fox News)