Police search for suspect following Kentucky shooting that injured multiple people

Up to date September 08, 2024 at 02:40 AM ET

A number of folks had been injured in a capturing close to a freeway north of London, Ky., and an individual of curiosity remained at giant, officers mentioned Saturday.

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies had been dispatched to the realm about 8 miles north of London, Ky., at about 5:30 p.m. Jap time, the place officers discovered 9 automobiles had been shot and 5 folks significantly injured, in accordance with a Laurel County Sheriff’s Workplace Fb submit.

London Mayor Randall Weddle mentioned in an earlier Fb video that as much as seven folks had been injured, however not all of them from gunshots — some resulting from automobile crashes. On the time he mentioned there have been no fatalities

The Laurel County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned that the capturing occurred on I-75 at exit 49, which was closed “resulting from an lively shooter scenario.”

The interstate has since reopened in north and southbound instructions, the London Police Division mentioned on Fb.

The London Police Division launched a picture of an individual of curiosity and recognized him as Joseph A. Sofa, a 32-year-old white male roughly 5’10″ and 154 lbs. Sofa is taken into account armed and harmful and shouldn’t be approached, police mentioned.

The Laurel County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned that the “scene is being contained in a single day and an lively search and the persevering with investigation will happen at dawn on Sunday morning.”

The Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned numerous native and federal businesses had been aiding in an investigation of the capturing, together with the FBI, ATF, state police and different metropolis police businesses.

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