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SEARCHLMPD said that around 1:34 p.m. Monday, Fugitive Unit officers were investigating a man wanted for a non-fatal shooting when a man tried to carjack them.
An undercover Louisville police fatally shot a carjacking suspect Monday afternoon. The Louisville Metro Police Department says the suspect was trying to carjack an unmarked police vehicle with plainclothes officers inside.
LMPD said that around 1:34 p.m. Monday, Fugitive Unit officers were investigating a man wanted for a non-fatal shooting, WLKY reports.
LMPD chief Jacquelyn Gwin-Villaroel said that during that time, a man in his 20s tried to carjack officers with a gun.
That's when one of the officers shot the man attempting to carjack them. She said the officer immediately rendered aid to the man while waiting for EMS to arrive. The suspect died at a local hospital.