A man and a woman are recovering after being shot inside their vehicle during what they told officers was an attempted carjacking in Louisville's Highview neighborhood. Louisville Metro Police found the pair wounded in a car in the 6700 block of Fernbush Drive on Wednesday night, and both are expected to survive.
Officers were called to the scene just before 8 p.m. Wednesday for a reported double shooting, according to LMPD, as reported by WHAS11. When they arrived, they discovered the man and woman shot while still inside the vehicle, a detail also confirmed by wdrbwave.com, which reported officers responded just before 8 p.m. on Nov. 11 to the reported shooting in the 6700 block of Fernbush Drive.
Both victims were alert and conscious when officers reached them, and police rendered first aid until EMS and Fern Creek Fire arrived to take the pair to UofL Hospital. Their injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening, and LMPD says both are expected to survive, per WHAS11's reporting.
Victims Describe an Attempted Carjacking
According to LMPD, the man and woman told officers the shooting happened during an attempted carjacking. The unknown suspects shot the victims before fleeing in an unknown direction, the wdrbwave.com report notes, leaving investigators without a clear description of who was involved or where they went.
LMPD's Robbery Unit is leading the investigation, according to wlky.com. The outlet also reports that anyone with information is asked to call the anonymous Crime Tip Hotline at 502-574-LMPD (5673) or use the anonymous LMPD Crime Tip Portal.
Carjacking Violence Not New to Louisville Area
Violence tied to attempted carjackings has surfaced elsewhere around Louisville before. In a separate incident in Fern Creek, a man was shot after trying to stop someone driving his stolen car, according to wlky.com, which reported that shots were fired when he tried stopping the driver. That stolen vehicle, a Dodge, was later found about a mile and a half away in the 9300 block of Loch Lea Lane, the same report noted, and the suspect remained at large.
City crime data compiled by Louisville Metro covers police divisions only, excludes smaller class cities, and is updated weekly, according to data.louisvilleky.gov. That dataset does not establish whether carjackings or shootings in Highview specifically are trending up or down, and nothing in the available reporting ties Wednesday's shooting to a broader pattern.
No suspect description, arrest, or further update has been released in connection with the Fernbush Drive shooting as the Robbery Unit continues its investigation.
