Two dead and two injured after a series of shootings in Louisville on Tuesday evening

Four people were shot within an hour and a half in Louisville on Tuesday evening. A man and a teenager died. Two others were injured.

Both the number of non-fatal shootings and homicides have declined since a spike in 2020, when police reported 741 gunshot wounds, including 155 fatal injuries.

Of the 125 non-fatal shootings this year, 25 victims were children.

21:01

According to a spokesperson for the Louisville Metro Police Department, officers responded to a shooting at 3533 Versaille Lane in Okolona. When officers arrived, they found a man inside an apartment who had been shot multiple times in the chest. LMPD Director of Media and Public Information Sergeant Matthew Sanders said the man was taken to U of L Health and underwent surgery less than an hour later.

This man died during surgery late Tuesday evening.

At 11:30 p.m., LMPD Homicide Detectives arrested 31-year-old Nathan Short and charged him with murder. Short told them he shot the man several times in the chest after an argument broke out between him, the victim and a woman. Short is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday.

9:13 p.m

Officers responded to the incident in Okolona, ​​LMPD officers responded to another shooting at the corner of West Market Street and Amy Avenue in the Shawnee neighborhood. Sanders said police found a boy who had been shot in his left leg. The boy was taken to U of L Health and Sanders said he was expected to survive.

LMPD’s Non-Fatal Shooting Squad is investigating the incident, but no arrests have been made.

9:19 p.m

Police responded to the 3400 block of Garland Avenue in the adjacent Chickasaw neighborhood. Officers found a teenager lying in the front yard of a home. He had been shot in the head and was pronounced dead at the scene, Sanders said.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office later identified the victim as 17-year-old Shawn’tae’veion Bullitt.

Sanders said the LMPD’s homicide unit is also investigating the incident and has not made any arrests yet.

22:25

The fourth shooting on Tuesday evening occurred in the Portland neighborhood. When officers arrived, they found a man shot in the head on the street in the 500 block of N 20th Street. Sanders said the man was transported to U of L Health and is in serious condition.

Because of the man’s injuries, Sanders said homicide detectives will investigate the shooting. LMPD said they do not believe any of the incidents are related.

“The Greenberg administration is taking significant actions to make Louisville safer by investing in the resources needed to combat violent crime and protect more lives,” said Kevin Trager, press secretary for Mayor Craig Greenberg, in a statement.

Trager highlighted Louisville Metro’s Group Violence Intervention program, a group formed after a spike in gun-related deaths in 2020. The program hosts “gang-involved teens” who meet with community leaders to discuss “new paths to a better life,” Trager said.