LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A woman who died in a shooting at a gas station in the Russell neighborhood was reportedly trying to protect another woman, the store's manager says.
Louisville Metro Police said officers responded to a shooting at the Platinum Food Mart, near South 10th Street and West Broadway, around 9 p.m. Sunday.
The shooting left one woman dead. She was identified by the store's manager as 44-year-old Theresa Thomas, an employee who was off the clock at the time of the fatal shooting.
The manager said the mother of two was there to pick up a few items when a fight broke out.
He said a man walked inside the store, became aggressive with another woman in line, and demanded she took off her clothes.
That's when Thomas and others tried to break up the fight, but he says when the man hit a customer with the back of his gun, it fired in Thomas' direction.
EMS pronounced Thomas dead before officers arrived.
Homicide investigators are combing and canvassing the area for more information on what led up to the deadly shooting.
If you have any information that can help the police, you are asked to call the Anonymous Tip Line at (502) 574-LMPD or use their online Crime Tip Portal.
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