2024-09-08 02:23:34
Police are searching near Lexington, in northern Kentucky, for a “militant and dangerous” 32-year-old man who shot “several people” on a street this afternoon.
According to the police station in London, a city close to where the incident took place, the suspect in the shooting is a man named Joseph A. Couch, who fled in a Ford truck with silver roof, according to a report in the area. media Lex 18. news.
Authorities ask residents to call a phone number if they have any tips about Couch.
For unknown reasons, the alleged attacker began shooting at the end of the afternoon from a forest area or crossing at cars traveling on Interstate 75, next to exit number 49.
Kentucky State Police told the local Courier Journal that the attack involved “between four and six victims,” but it was unknown if there were any deaths or injuries.
The only image that arrived from the scene showed several cars passing by or standing in the middle of a road with their doors open, a scene that seemed to show that they were left in a hurry.
Local police have closed off the highway and freeways, while authorities have issued several calls to avoid the area, and Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear asked on his X account to “pray for all those involved.”
A little later, and while participating in a dinner, the Democratic Party recalled in a statement that Americans should not live in fear of being shot when they cross the bridge.
“We have to do better,” he said, referring to controversial gun control, an issue that Republicans and some Democrats oppose because they consider gun ownership a fundamental constitutional right.
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