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Officer-involved shooting inside Kentucky hospital under investigation

By Rosemary Kelley,

4 hours ago

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An officer-involved shooting is under investigation in Hardin County after an Elizabethtown Police Department (EPD) officer discharged a firearm inside of a local hospital, Kentucky State Police reports.

EPD officers responded to the Baptist Health Hardin Hospital on Saturday morning around 5:15 a.m. following multiple reports that an individual had fired a gun within the hospital. When they arrived, they encountered the man, who was armed.

An EPD officer fired a shot at the individual, striking him. The man, who sustained life-threatening injuries, was transported to a Louisville hospital where he is being treated.

The incident remains under investigation.

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