2 Louisville, Kentucky officers were shot during a traffic stop

An investigation is underway in Kentucky after two police officers were shot while stopping a car that had been reported stolen.

This incident happened in Louisville, Smoketown around 08:00 on Tuesday when the police of the Fourth Division stopped a stolen car in the 400 block of Roselane Street, said the Deputy Chief of the Municipal Police of Louisville, Col. Emily McKinley, during a press conference.

Several people were in the car when one of the passengers started to get a gun from two police officers, he said.

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Both officers and the suspect were shot during the altercation.

Louisville police confirmed to X that one officer was shot in the hand and another was shot in the leg. None of their injuries were life-threatening.

The officers, who have not yet been identified, were taken to the University Hospital. The suspect, who also would not be identified, was taken to Jewish Hospital and is in stable condition, said McKinley.

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Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg briefly joined a news conference Tuesday night to share that he had visited both officers at the hospital, adding that they were “in good spirits and on the road to recovery.”

“I want to say a big thank you to both officers and everyone at LMPD that goes out [sic] every day to work to keep us safe as a whole,” Greenberg said.

He also thanked the University of Louisville Hospital, where both officers were taken, for their “great work”.

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said both officers were “in good spirits and on the road to recovery” during a news conference Tuesday night. (WDRB Louisville)

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McKinley said the investigation is in its early stages and an update is expected Wednesday.