SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. — Early Saturday, Shepherdsville Police Detective Casey Clark said a neighbor reported a stolen vehicle from the Mallard Lake subdivision.
That same neighbor went out searching for the vehicle and located it on Nancy Drive.
According to Clark, the man tried to block the car in on the one-way street.
The driver of the stolen vehicle then allegedly “rammed” into the neighbor and sped off. As the neighbor followed, Clark said he came upon multiple cars which started to fire at him. One bullet hit the neighbor’s vehicle in his driver-side fender.
Clark said the neighbor fired a round back and then drove home, notifying them of what happened.
The other vehicles, which Clark believes were stolen, fled down Blue Lick and then going north on State Road 1020. In the process, one driver sideswiped a police vehicle.
Three juveniles were arrested in a stolen vehicle in the area of Schoolhouse Road.
According to Clark, the youngest of the juveniles was 15 and they were all from Louisville.
Shepherdsville Police recommended charges of receiving stolen property as well as fleeing and evading police. A teen was also charged with possession of a firearm by a minor.
Police said the stolen vehicle they were driving was also from Louisville.
Clark believes three to four vehicles are still outstanding, including the initial car reported by the neighbor.
That car belongs to Melanie Goff.
"I do feel very violated because that's my personal property. I just paid it off, recently, so not having a car payment -- that's the car that my daughter gets in every day to go to school and come home in," Goff said. "Now I have to, if I do get the car back, look at the car and be like someone else had this? They committed a crime in this?"
Clark told WHAS11 News about ten to twelve thieves are still on the loose.
"My daughter is turning 15 this year, so it is very scary that her friends or people at her school could be out here doing the same thing," Goff said. "I encourage parents to take more action with their kids and be more involved so that they know what's going on in their children's life."
Police are asking residents who live in the area to look through their surveillance systems and submit any helpful video by calling (502) 921-1000.
Clark is also advising residents to lock their car doors.
Now Goff says she's left waiting: for her insurance company to get back to her -- for police to find her car and most of all, for justice.
If you come upon someone who may be committing a related crime, Clark warns not to confront them and to call 911.
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