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Two people were killed and four others injured in Louisville, Kentucky’s, second mass shooting this week when someone shot into a crowd at a park on Saturday evening.
Louisville Metro Police said officers were dispatched around 9 p.m. to Chickasaw Park where they found multiple gunshot victims.
Two victims were pronounced dead and four others were taken to University Hospital.
LMPD Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey said at a press conference late Saturday night and broadcast by WHAS11.com that “someone started shooting into the crowd, hitting at least six people.”
He could not confirm the number of shooters but said there were hundreds of people in the park at the time.
The nonprofit Gun Violence Archive tracks all mass shootings, defined as a shooting in which at least four victims are hit by gunfire. On Monday, six people died in a shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville – the 146th mass shooting in the country this year.
Eight other people were injured at Old National Bank, including two LMPD officers. The shooter, who was an employee at the bank, was killed by officers. A motive for the shooting has not been released.
“This has been an unspeakable week of tragedy for our city,” Mayor Craig Greenberg said at the press conference Saturday night. “This is not our city. This is not who we are. This is not who we want to be. … This is enough.”
Greenberg also pleaded that anyone with information call 502-574-5673.
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“As we move forward in the days ahead, we are going to be taking action to prevent these acts of gun violence,” the mayor said while not offering any specifics.
Shortly after the mayor spoke, LMPD officers responded to another shooting about 10 minutes away.
Officers were called to the 2200 block of Griffiths Avenue at 11:15 p.m. after a 17-year-old boy was shot multiple times by two men while riding his bike, according to LMPD. The boy was “alert, conscious and talking while being transported to University Hospital for treatment of what appears to be non-life threatening injuries,” a release from LMPD stated.
Those two men, nor the shooter or shooters responsible for the park killings, have not been arrested.
For the past three years, Louisville has endured triple-digit homicides.
Since the start of 2023, at least 40 people have been killed. Last year, LMPD investigated 160 homicides, with other Jefferson County police departments investigating a handful of additional homicides.
USA TODAY reporter Grace Hauck contributed to this story.
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