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Police respond to Louisville home about a house fire, find man inside dead from gunshot wound

Police originally responded to the home about a house fire.
Credit: WHAS11

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) is investigating after a man was found dead inside a home in the Beechmont neighborhood.

Authorities said around 8 a.m. on Monday officers responded to the 1100 block of Bicknell Avenue about a house fire. 

Inside, fire crews found a man dead from a gunshot wound.

The LMPD Homicide Unit was contacted and is working with Metro Arson in the investigation. 

It is a death investigation at this time, police say.

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