Kentucky police officer shot, expected to recover: officials

A Lexington police officer was injured Saturday after responding to a capturing incident involving 4 juveniles at a fuel station alongside Newtown Pike in Kentucky.

Lexington Police Chief Lawrence Weathers offered an replace on the incident, which he labeled as a “not a deadly capturing.”

KENTUCKY DISABLED MARINE CORPS VET’S BRUTAL BEATING: 2 CAUGHT AND CONVICTED, 3RD SOUGHT, AUTHORITIES SAY

“A Lexington police officer has been concerned in an on-duty capturing,” Weathers instructed reporters at a press convention on the matter, which befell round 1 p.m. “Officers noticed 4 juveniles believed to be concerned in a capturing from an earlier date. The juveniles have been seen within the 1000 block of Newtown Pike.”

In accordance with Weathers, police tried to research the scenario and “in the course of the investigation, one of many juveniles fired a weapon, putting an officer.”

“One other officer returned gunfire,” he mentioned, including that “nobody” was injured from that gunfire. “The officer was carrying a ballistic vest and was transported to the hospital with a reported non-life-threatening harm.”

Weathers acknowledged “three juveniles have been detained” and the investigation – led by the Kentucky State Police, a vital response crew, and the division’s public integrity unit – continues to be ongoing.

Weathers instructed reporters that the officer concerned within the capturing had his physique digicam turned on to seize the second and that he might be “positioned on administrative task pending the result of the investigation.”

Noting that “policing is a troublesome job,” Weathers thanked his regulation enforcement companions and supplied appreciation for the officers “who carry out bravely within the face of hazard and who carry out with kindness, courtesy, and sincerity when it’s wanted.”

Weathers famous that the officer who was injured is “nonetheless in good spirits” and is being handled at a hospital.