UPDATE: May 29 at 10 a.m.
Kentucky State Police released additional information on the shooting that involved an off-duty officer and left one person dead in Jeffersontown on Tuesday.
KSP reported that the preliminary investigation indicates the Jeffersontown Police Department responded to the 9000 block of Robsion Road on reports that someone in the area was causing property damage and making threats.
KSP added that the individual, identified as Marco Dorsey, was reportedly involved in a verbal argument with a roommate and had previously consumed alcohol before leaving his home on Robsion Road.
An off-duty JPD officer responded to the area and tried to talk to Dorsey, KSP reported. During the interaction, KSP said that the officer, "discharged his agency-issued firearm," hitting Dorsey, who died due to his injuries.
No other injuries were reported by authorities.
Original Story:
Jeffersontown Police Chief Rick Sanders reported during a news conference on Tuesday that an off-duty officers was involved in a shooting that left one person dead on the scene.
Sanders detailed that at around 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, police received a number of calls from residents on Robsion Road that an individual was "acting strange" as he was seen knocking out windows.
An off-duty officer, who was in the area, responded to the scene around Robison Road near Chambers Way and "confronted the suspect." Sanders reported that "at least one shot was fired" and the alleged suspect is now dead.
Sanders noted that detectives with the Kentucky State Police Critical Incident Response Team are working the scene and will lead the investigation.
When Sanders was asked what happened during the shooting he responded, "The officer shot the suspect, I believe."
Sanders also noted that he doesn't known if the individual who died was known to police or if he was armed at the time of the shooting. He also said that the officer involved was not injured.
Sanders further explained that the officer has been with the department for a little over two years and was a former Louisville Metro officer.
"When you're a police officer or a first responder you're really never off-duty. He responded appropriately off-duty to something that was being reported to him," Sanders concluded.
