LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville man is in critical condition after police officials say he stole a car at a gas station, abandoned the vehicle at a Kroger, then shot himself while attempting to flee from law enforcement officers.
Louisville Metro Police Department Third Division officers were dispatched around 4 a.m. Tuesday to the Speedway at Terry Road and Greenwood Avenue to investigate a reported carjacking, according to a press release.
Police found the vehicle involved in the carjacking abandoned at the Kroger on New Cut Road, shortly after arriving on the scene.
Officers then found a man matching the suspect's description on Southside Drive. He fled on foot behind a building in the 7300 block of Southside Dr. and shot himself.
The man was transported to UofL Hospital and remains in critical condition, according to Metro Police.
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