UPDATED 5:44 p.m.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Two people are dead and four others wounded in the second shooting in less than a week in Louisville, Kentucky.
FOX News reports this shooting happened around 9 p.m. Saturday in Chickasaw Park in Louisville, along the Ohio River, where a crowd of hundreds had gathered.
One of the four injured was in critical condition, according to Louisville Metro Police Department Chief Deputy Paul Humphrey, who also said a suspect is still being sought, and no witnesses have come forward.
“As of right now, we have no witnesses to this incident,” said Humphrey. “We do know that hundreds of people were in the park at the time of this shooting. Hundreds of people were in the park at the time of the shooting when someone started shooting into the crowd, hitting at least six people. We are asking that anyone with information on this shooting please come forward.
The shooting comes five days after the mass shooting at a downtown Louisville bank branch, killing five and injuring eight more.
“It wasn’t just Monday’s shooting. Wasn’t just today’s shooting. There were several other shootings in between. We lost more lives in between Monday’s mass shooting and tonight’s,” Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said at a press conference related to the Chickasaw Park incident Saturday night. “Please, put your weapons down. There are so many ways to resolve disputes, to talk to one another. Gun violence is not the solution to anything. Please put your weapons down.”
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