LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Video released by Louisville Metro Police shows a man firing a gun at Jefferson Square Park.
Police said a man shot a gun into the air on the edge of the busy park just after 8 p.m. Friday. The man was arrested shortly after the incident. He is charged with wanton endangerment.
According to LMPD, “protestors [sic] followed, yelling and threatened officers as they tried to get a patrol car to secure the prisoner”, and more officers were called in to assist as “members of the crowd behaved in a threatening manner toward officers.”
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