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Police: Suspect shoots at off-duty LMPD officer on I-65

The officer crashed his unmarked vehicle after the shooting and was taken to the hospital with what appear to be minor injuries.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Metro Police (LMPD) are investigating after someone shot at an off-duty LMPD officer early Thursday morning.

According to department spokesperson Dwight Mitchell, the officer was in an unmarked vehicle on I-65S near Fern Valley Rd. around 1:30 a.m. when someone in another vehicle fired a shot at his vehicle.

The officer did not return fire and crashed into the median. He was taken to the hospital with what appear to be minor injuries.

In the radio call to dispatch, the officer said he's "not hit," but needed "cars immediately" because he thought "they might be coming back around."

"My car wrecked out. I'm on the highway. I'm in a ditch," he said. "They're riding back past, and still shooting at me."

Mitchell said the suspect drove away after the shooting. LMPD did not provide any description of the suspect or the vehicle in the initial release, but during the radio call, the officer describes a black pick-up truck.

"It was kind of following me and I slowed up, it went past me, and then I jerked over and it jerked over with me and I got back on the highway and it slowed down and just started firing at me," he explained. 

Two lanes of I-65S were shut down in that area while police investigated, but they are back open.

The LMPD Public Integrity Unit is investigating this incident. If anyone has any information, they are urged to call the LMPD anonymous tip line at 574-LMPD (5673).

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