Police said the victim suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound but was left in critical condition after a car hit her.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A man was hospitalized after being shot in the Highlands early Saturday morning.
Dwight Mitchell, a spokesperson for Louisville Metro Police, said officers responded to the 1000 block of Bardstown Road just before 3:30 a.m. following reports of a shooting.
Police said a man who was shot in the leg was taken to UofL Hospital by private means.
In an update on Sunday, police said a second victim was also taken to the hospital by private means after she was shot and then struck by a car during the incident.
Police said the victim suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound but was left in critical condition after being hit by the vehicle.
According to police, she sustained multiple broken vertebrae and spinal fractures, broken ribs, a right clavicle fracture, and abdominal hemorrhaging. Authorities said the victim has undergone multiple surgeries.
Israyel Archie, 24, was arrested for allegedly driving the vehicle that struck the victim. She faces a charge of leaving the scene of an accident/failure to render aid involving death or serious physical injury.
According to court documents, surveillance video shows the vehicle fleeing the scene after running over the woman who had been shot.
The vehicle then stopped a short distance away, and another person got inside.
Police were able to identify the vehicle and later found Archie in the passenger seat. She identified herself, and officers said she admitted she had been driving the vehicle at the time of the hit-and-run.
During an interview, Archie told police she heard gunshots and tried to leave the area but felt a bump while pulling out of the parking lot.
She said the person who later got into the vehicle told her she might have hit someone, but she still left the area and did not contact authorities.
Police have not arrested the shooting suspect as of this writing.
Archie is scheduled to appear in court on Monday.
Anyone with information is asked to call LMPD’s anonymous Crime Tip Line at (502) 574-LMPD (5673). Tips can also be submitted anonymously through the department’s Crime Tip Portal.
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