LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Metro Police Department provided updates Wednesday on the two officers shot Tuesday night during an arrest attempt.
What You Need To Know
- Two Louisville police officers were shot Tuesday night during an arrest attempt in the city's Smoketown neighborhood
- Officers Laxman Acharya and Brendan Koerner are both recovering from their injuries
- Jeremiah Thompson, 19, faces multiple felony charges from the incident
- The shooting happened while police were investigating a stolen car
The two officers shot were Laxman Acharya, who joined LMPD in 2021, and Brendan Koerner, who joined the department in 2018. They are both part of the department's fourth division.
"They are doing well," said Paul Humphrey, Louisville Metro chief of police. "Officer Laxman has been released from the hospital last night, and Officer Koerner went through surgery just a couple of hours ago for the injuries that he sustained to his hand."
The shooting happened around 8 p.m. in Louisville's Smoketown neighborhood. Police said officers stopped a stolen Kia Soul with several people inside on Roselane Street.
According to officers, 19-year-old Jeremiah Thompson admitted to driving the stolen car and then resisted arrest. He fired a handgun in the process, injuring himself and two of the three officers on the scene. Police said Thompson was shot in the torso and arm, treated and then taken into custody.
Thompson has been charged with two counts of assault, wanton endangerment, receiving stolen property and resisting arrest.
“We do know that no officers fired their weapons, so all three injures were caused during that altercation with the suspect,” Humphrey said.
Humphrey said all three officers who were at the scene of the shooting were wearing body cameras and expects to release footage Dec. 4 during the department's next bi-weekly news conference.
“It is a time for us to show how much we care about each other, as opposed to going on our day to day and we can just pass by each other without really expressing that this was a time where officers are able to come together and show how much we really do need to take care of each other," Humphrey added.