Kentucky Highway Shooting Leaves Five Injured, Manhunt Underway

Kentucky Highway Shooting Leaves Five Injured, Manhunt Underway

Kentucky Highway Shooting Leaves Five Injured, Manhunt Underway. According to the officials, the victims’ conditions remained stable. It wasn’t immediately evident what preceded the gunshot on I-75 close to London, Kentucky.

Multiple people were shot on a highway near London, Ky., on Saturday, the authorities said.Credit…Morgan Hornsby for The New York Times

Following the reports of five shootings, a stretch of a Kentucky highway was closed for many hours on Saturday night, according to the authorities.

The shooting’s prelude was not immediately evident. According to Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, a spokesman for the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office, all five shooting victims were in stable condition.

Kentucky Highway Shooting Leaves Five Injured, Manhunt Underway

Nine miles north of London, Kentucky, on Interstate 75, which was closed at Exit 49. Is where the incident occurred, according to the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook post. The route was stopped “due to an active shooter situation,” it stated just after 6:30 p.m., although it did not provide further details.

In a Facebook video, London Mayor Randall Weddle stated that the police were looking for a “suspect or suspects” in “rugged terrain” in the northern region of Laurel County.

Deputy Acciardo reported that the gunman in the woods was being sought after using infrared scanners and helicopters.

Joseph A Couch is a person of interest in the shooting. (London Police Department)

On Saturday night, the London Police Department announced the identification of a person of interest. And requested any information from the public regarding his whereabouts. Lexington is located roughly 90 miles south of London.

The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook shortly after 9:20 p.m. That although I-75 had reopened, the suspect’s hunt will go on.

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While working at the 49er Truck Stop, Angel Jarrett received a report that shots had been fired in the area.

The facility was eventually put on lockdown after a number of police cars encircled the truck stop close to the exit where the incident occurred.

Ms. Jarrett declared, “We’re not allowed to go in or out.” Though a little tense, we’re not in danger. The police are closing in on us.

A hospital affiliated with CHI Saint Joseph Health. Saint Joseph London, reported that it had “received multiple patients and is treating them for minor injuries.”

A spokeswoman indicated that two individuals were receiving care at the Albert B. Chandler Hospital at the University of Kentucky. It was uncertain what their ailments were.

The State Police and local authorities were assisting the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives “with a critical incident” close to Interstate 75 in Laurel County, and the agency announced on social media that it was sending agents from its Louisville headquarters to assist.