THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE CRITICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM IS INVESTIGTING AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN BOWLING GREEN….
TWO BOWLING GREEN POLICE OFFICERS RESPONDED TO AN INVIVIDUAL EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS….DURINGTHE ENCOUNTER THE INDIVIDUAL
BECAME COMBATIVE….. ATTEMPTED TO DISARM ONE THE OFFICERS AND WAS ABLLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF A WEAPON….FIRING IT IN THE DIRECTION OF THE
OFFICERS….ONE OF THE OFFICERS RETURNED FIRE…..STRIKING THE INDIVIDUAL…..WHO DIED AT THE SCENE…..
BOTH OFFICERS SUSTAINED NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES FROM APPARENT GUNSHOT WOUNDS DURING THE INCIDENT AND WERE TRANSPORTED TO A
LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE THEY WERE TREATED AND RELEASED…..
THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT CONTINUES…..
