Coroner and large police presence in the Florence district

FLORENCE, Kentucky – The Boone County Coroner, along with Florence Police Department officers and deputies from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, are on scene in the 2600 block of Ridgecrest Drive in Florence.

So far, the officials have neither spoken to our team on site nor made a statement.

Our team spoke with a neighbor who said they were at the party at an apartment building with his family. He said he heard what he thought were fireworks around 2:15 a.m. after leaving the party and now believes it was multiple gunshots.

Authorities have not yet confirmed that it was a shooting.

This is a developing story and will be updated as new information becomes available.