Washington: Multiple persons were shot along a roadway near the southeastern Kentucky city of London in what authorities called a “active shooter situation.” According to media sources, a hunt is underway for the gunman.
According to News 9, the event occurred Saturday evening.
“The below individual, Joseph A Couch, is a Person of Interest in the shooting that occurred at the Exit 49/KY-909 area. If you have any information regarding the whereabouts or location of this individual, please get in touch with the London-Laurel County 911 Centre by calling 911 or 606-878-7000. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO APPROACH. Joseph A Couch is a 32-year-old white male, approximately 5’10, weighing approximately 154lbs,” the police said.
According to the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office, “numerous people were shot”, and Interstate 75 was closed roughly nine miles north of London, according to News 9.
The Sheriff’s Office stated that it was looking for a person of interest in the shooting, identified as 32-year-old Joseph A. Couch. He was described as a white man standing around 5-foot-10 and weighed 154 pounds. An image of Couch was also shared.
Trooper Scottie Pennington, a Kentucky State Police spokesperson, advised residents in the region to stay inside.
Louisville ATF agents posted on social media that they are responding to and supporting state and local police with a “critical incident” along Interstate 75.
No other information was immediately provided. The number of casualties and their situations were still unknown.
“Kentucky, we are aware of a shooting on I-75 in Laurel County,” Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear wrote in a social media post.
“Law enforcement has shut the interstate down in both directions at exit 49. Please avoid the area. We will provide more details once they are available.”
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Kentucky State Trooper Scottie Pennington posted on Facebook, “The suspect has not been apprehended at this time, and we are urging people to stay inside.”
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives has dispatched agents to assist Kentucky State Police and local law enforcement in what the agency describes as a “critical incident.”
London is a small settlement of approximately 8,000 people near the Daniel Boone National Forest, about 90 miles south of Lexington.
This shooting comes only days after a mass shooting at a high school in Winder, Georgia, which killed two teachers and two students and injured nine others.
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