A man showed up at UofL Hospital on Wednesday with a gunshot wound to his foot, and Louisville Metro Police are now trying to figure out where the shooting happened because the victim hasn't told them. Officers responded to the hospital after staff alerted them to the injury, and police say the man arrived on his own, not by ambulance.
Officers were notified by UofL Hospital of a man arriving by private means after being shot in the foot, according to WDRB. LMPD officials described the injury as non-life-threatening and said the victim did not share where the shooting took place, the station reports. As WHAS11 also reported, the man was unable to tell officers the location of the shooting.
Non-Fatal Shooting Unit Takes the Case
LMPD's Non-Fatal Shooting Unit is leading the investigation, per the station's report. The unit regularly handles cases in which victims arrive at hospitals on their own rather than through 911 calls, leaving detectives to piece together the circumstances after the fact without a secured crime scene.
With no location to work from, investigators are now asking the public for help. LMPD asks anyone with information to call its Anonymous Tip Line at (502) 574-5673 or use its online Crime Tip Portal, the same account notes.
A Similar Case in 2024
The walk-in nature of Wednesday's case echoes an incident at the same hospital in 2024. A woman showed up at UofL Hospital with a gunshot wound on a Sunday morning, according to Louisville Metro Police, as reported by WLKY. Police said she appeared to have been shot in the leg and that her injuries were non-life-threatening, per that report.
In that case, LMPD's Non-Fatal Shooting Unit also took the lead, the outlet reported. Investigators said they didn't know exactly where the shooting happened but noted it was possible she was shot near 22nd and Market Street, and police said there were no suspects at the time.
LMPD's weekly non-fatal shooting report labels its 2026 year-to-date statistics as preliminary, noting the figures include only criminal cases with pending investigations and exclude noncriminal incidents, according to the Louisville Metro Police Department. No further details on the man's condition or the circumstances of his shooting had been released as of Wednesday.
