Five injured after shooting near Kentucky highway, 'armed and dangerous' person of interest ID'd
A shooting near a Kentucky highway Saturday night left five people seriously injured, and the search for a person of interest considered "armed and dangerous" is underway, authorities said.
A shooting near a Kentucky highway Saturday night left five people seriously injured, and the search for a person of interest considered "armed and dangerous" is underway, authorities said.
The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office said a stretch of Interstate 75 eight miles north of the small city of London was shut down amid the law enforcement response. The interstate later reopened.
“Deputies found nine vehicles had been shot into both north and south bound on I-75 and five persons were seriously injured,” the sheriff's office said in a statement.
Deputy Gilbert Acciardo said Sunday that all five people injured were expected to survive. He added that 50 to 60 police officers had searched for a person of interest until 3 a.m. on Sunday, and that the search resumed at daybreak.
“No one was killed from this, thankfully,” London Mayor Randall Weddle said in a video posted to Facebook. “But we ask that you continue to pray.”
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