Louisville shooting suspect in police custody

An American suspect has been arrested over the death of a Kentucky man who was fatally shot amid a protest in Louisville over the killing of Breonna Taylor, police said on Sunday. The suspect was hospitalised and being interviewed by homicide investigators, interim Louisville Police Chief Robert Schroeder said at a news conference. The man's name was not immediately released. Police were conferring with prosecutors on criminal charges to be filed, Schroeder said. Neither Schroeder nor Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said why the suspect was in the hospital. Tyler Charles Gerth, 27, of Louisville, died after being shot at Jefferson Square Park in downtown Louisville, authorities said. The Courier Journal reported that Gerth was an avid photographer and a vocal supporter of the ongoing protests whose godfather is a columnist at the newspaper. In a video of the shooting shown during the news conference, the suspect was surrounded by several people before shots were fired and people scrambled for cover. Schroeder said the suspect had been participating in the protests since they began and had been arrested a few times. The shooting was at least the second during nearly a month of protests in Louisville over Taylor's death. Seven people were wounded May 28 when gunfire erupted near City Hall, prompting Taylor's mother to issue a statement asking people to demand justice "without hurting each other." Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, was killed in her Louisville home in March by police who were serving a no-knock warrant.

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Louisville shooting suspect in police custody

An American suspect has been arrested over the death of a Kentucky man who was fatally shot amid a protest in Louisville over the killing of Breonna Taylor, police said on Sunday.

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