LOUISVILLE, Ky. —Two people were shot and one person was killed in downtown Louisville Saturday evening, according to police.
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.
Shortly thereafter, police received reports of another person shot at the Hall of Justice. That person was taken to University Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
"Officers cleared the park completely and have secured the entire area so homicide detectives can conduct their investigation," LMPD spokesman Lamont Washington wrote Saturday evening at 11:27 p.m. "Detectives are trying to gather as much information as possible in order to identify all who were involved in the incident."
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.
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said in a statement Saturday evening that he is "deeply saddened by the violence that erupted in Jefferson Square Park tonight, where those who have been voicing their concerns have been gathered."
"It is a tragedy that this area of peaceful protest is now a crime scene," Fischer said. "My thanks to the first responders who assisted at the scene. I will have more to say tomorrow, as additional information becomes available."
Jefferson Square 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.
A video on Facebook of the scene shows a man firing a gun. People screamed for a medic, and at least one person was down on the ground.
According to one witness at the scene, who did not want to be identified, she was at the park when she heard shots and immediately dropped to the ground.
Another person at the park, Anna, who came Saturday evening to meet with other protesters to march in downtown Louisville, said she wasn't sure where the shots came from, as she had heard fireworks at the protests before.
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.
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