Louisville Metro Police plan to release body-camera footage today at 11 a.m. from a July 26 shooting in which an officer shot a burglary suspect who survived. Officers say two suspects ran from the scene when they arrived; one was arrested, but police say the second remains armed with a gun and at large.
According to WAVE3, officers were responding to a reported break-in near the corner of West Broadway and South Fifth Street shortly after midnight when they encountered the two suspects running from the scene. The call involved a reported break-in, and officers encountered the two suspects running from the scene. Police told WAVE3 that one suspect was arrested while the second fled and remained armed with a gun.
Officer Named Under Critical-Incident Rules
Lt. Brandon Hogan, the officer who fired his weapon, was publicly identified within days of the shooting under LMPD's critical-incident protocol, which requires the department to publish an involved officer's identity, photo, assignment, and disciplinary summary within 24 to 72 hours of a shooting. That disclosure rule is why Hogan's name, rank, and personnel history became public so quickly after the encounter.
Hogan joined LMPD in June 2008 and now serves as a Fourth Division lieutenant. His personnel file includes multiple awards and commendations, the outlet reports. Hogan had already been cleared of wrongdoing in the 2018 Colonial Oaks shooting before the July 26 shooting.
The 2018 Colonial Oaks Apartments Shooting
The more serious of those prior cases came in 2018, when Hogan fatally shot a man at the Colonial Oaks Apartments during a knifepoint incident, according to Louisville Metro Police Department records. Hogan was later cleared in the shooting.
A prior Louisville police-shooting review, OIG Case No. 68-IG-2003, drew only partial concurrence from the Office of Inspector General after it found the Professional Standards Unit had not reviewed possible standard-operating-procedure violations.
LMPD's record also includes one of its most scrutinized cases. In March 2020, WHAS11 published a report.
Why LMPD Is Releasing the Video Today
Today's release follows Louisville's policy commitment to release body-worn camera footage of officer-involved shootings within 10 business days, according to Louisville Metro Police Department policy documents. The rule was adopted in August 2023 as part of the city's updated transparency guidelines. According to WLKY, LMPD's revised procedure retains a requirement that body-camera footage be released within 10 business days of an incident.
Not everyone views that policy as a transparency win. Kentucky Open Government has argued the 10-business-day window and other provisions of Louisville's body-camera release policy actually run counter to the state's open records law and undercut the intent of public disclosure.
State Oversight and a Wider Pattern of Shootings
Officer-involved shootings in Louisville are an area of public discussion. The July 26 shooting is among the cases LMPD has publicly accounted for.
For broader context, the LOJIC Open Data Portal hosts Louisville Metro's Officer Involved Shooting Database and Statistical Analysis, which the portal says is updated after an officer-involved shooting.
The July 26 shooting is among the cases LMPD has publicly accounted for this summer. Hoodline previously reported on a separate late-night shooting probe in South Louisville.
