Louisville police say 2 officers shot, wounded amid protest

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Louisville police say 2 officers shot, wounded amid protest

Associated Press | Wednesday, September 23, 2020 9:41 p.m.

A police officer speaks after a Louisville police officer was shot Wednesday in Louisville, Ky.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville police say two officers have been shot amid protests in Louisville over a lack of charges in the Breonna Taylor case.

Police say a suspect is in custody.

Police Chief Robert Schroeder said one officer is alert and stable and the other officer is in surgery and stable. He said the officers had gone gone to an area in the city to investigate reports of shots fired when they were hit by gunfire.

Update from Louisville Police Chief Robert Schroeder: Two officers shot — both in stable condition at hospital. One suspect is in custody. pic.twitter.com/POnpM6R263

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The shootings came hours after a grand jury on Wednesday brought no charges directly against Louisville police for the killing of a Black woman, Breonna Taylor, in a police raid gone wrong.

Police in riot gear, some with assault weapons, staged a heavy law enforcement presence downtown late Wednesday after dispersing hundreds of demonstrators from a downtown Louisville square.

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