According to Louisville Metro Police spokesman Lamont Washington: 'We are currently working an active police situation at Jefferson Square Park.'
According to police, around 9 p.m., shots were fired in Jefferson Square Park. Personnel from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department performed live-saving measures on a male victim who eventually died.
Washington added that the park will remain closed for the next several hours, and that police will provide additional information in the morning as it becomes available.The park has been the scene of protests over the police shooting of Breonna Taylor for weeks, and people have raised tents there and have been staying overnight.
Almost immediately, everyone started running, and Anna did, too. She and a friend ran to a nearby Chase Bank and banged on the doors to let them in,"because we were freaked out." When she returned to Jefferson Square Park about 30 minutes later, Anna said there were 30 to 40 officers outside. "The cops had it blocked off, and they were telling us to get out," Sullivan said."And everybody started to walk, and I was like, 'Take whatever you need.' Because these people are living here. Their cell phones or whatever might be in the camp."
The Transit Authority of River City, or TARC, announced at 10:04 p.m. that all stops between Broadway & River Road, and between First & Ninth streets in the downtown Louisville area, are closed for the remainder of Saturday.
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