LMPD says deadly south Louisville club shooting may be linked to broader violence
The Louisville Metro Police Department has released new information about a deadly shooting at a nightclub last year, and they say it's potentially connected to other cases in the metro.
On May 11, 2024, a night out at The Hot Spot in south Louisville turned to chaos.
맥스카지노As you can imagine, the lights are out. Music is going. a lot of people are kind of just having a good time, and all of a sudden some gunshots rang out,맥스카지노 said LMPD homicide Det. Gary McColpin.
McColpin, who맥스카지노s been working the case since the beginning, says at least 50 people were inside the club.
By the time police arrived, one man was dead.
Another man and a woman were shot, but still alive. A fourth victim showed up at the hospital sometime later. One of the men died later at the hospital of his gunshot wounds.
맥스카지노This case in particular is a bit chaotic,맥스카지노 he said.
McColpin said it wasn맥스카지노t random.
맥스카지노The Hotspot Club incident itself was very well planned out, as far as making sure that and you got to imagine, you know, it's a club, right? So, you have to have somebody that tells you this person is going to be there at XYZ hours,맥스카지노 said McColphin.
He said that this case is possibly connected to two other fatal incidents, one that happened before and one that happened immediately after. The other two incidents happened in the Parkland neighborhood, also in May of last year.
맥스카지노They are believed to have some significance in why this shooting even occurred. So, not only do we have the victims who have lost their lives. the families that had to kind of help people recover from getting shot. But we also have other victims in other incidents that didn't happen just there,맥스카지노 said McColphin.
The common thread? Silence. McColpin says even the smallest detail could break the case.
He says two shooters were involved. And at least one of them is well known.
맥스카지노If somehow these people are seeing this on the news, it's going to take a box, and they're going to be like, well, you know what? I know that, you know, he's done some things, and I believe he might have had some responsibility for this. And they give me a name. I can go from there,맥스카지노 said McColphin.
One year later, families are still grieving, and detectives are still searching for answers that could be just one witness away.
Anyone with information is asked to call the anonymous crime tip hotline at 502-574-LMPD, or you can call LMPD's homicide unit at 574-7055.