LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville man who was shot by police in October is accused of breaking into a home and firing shots from inside while a mother and her children barricaded themselves in a bedroom.
Sylvester Lynn Price, 38, is charged with burglary (first degree), wanton endangerment (first degree), wanton endangerment of a police officer (first degree), resisting arrest, and fleeing or evading police (first degree), according to his arrest citation.
On Oct. 24 at about 3:30 a.m., Louisville Metro Police responded to a ShotSpotter call in the 2500 block of Garland Avenue. Officers on scene heard glass breaking and shots being fired.
At this time, a woman inside a home on that street called 911 and said someone had broken into her house through the front window and had fired multiple rounds from inside the home.
The woman who had called barricaded herself and her two small children in her bedroom as officers pursued the suspect. Officers observed Price breaking a side window and jumping out, attempting to flee on foot.
Officers surrounded Price and ordered him to drop his weapon. He did not comply and instead ran down Garland Avenue then 26th Street with the gun still in his hand.
Price stopped in the middle of 26th Street, still refusing to drop his weapon despite police commanding him to. Price then raised his gun in the direction of four officers and the officers opened fire, striking him multiple times.
At the time of the incident, Price was in critical but stable condition and taken to the hospital. His current condition is unknown.
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