LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A suspect in a weekend shooting in Kentucky who was subsequently shot by police has died, authorities said Monday.
Jefferson County Deputy Coroner Rita Taylor told news outlets that 37-year-old Miguel Escalona Vivas died early Monday, a day after the two shootings.
Officers Keith Walz of the West Buechel police force and Gary Phelps of Hurstbourne Acres police were identified Monday as the agents involved in Vivas’ shooting. Both have been placed on paid administrative leave. Their two communities are in the Louisville metropolitan area.
West Buechel Police Chief Todd Walls said at a news conference that Walz was flagged down Sunday by someone reporting a man chasing another man with a gun. He said that when Walz found the two men, the victim had already been shot and wounded and that Vivas didn’t comply with repeated requests to drop a weapon.
Walls said Vivas then fled on foot, initiating a chase that was joined by Phelps.
Police said the two officers confronted Vivas and shot at him when he pointed the gun at them. Hurstbourne Acres Police Chief Steve Griffin said Phelps was off duty and not in uniform.
The Louisville Metro Police Department’s public integrity unit is investigating.
Authorities didn’t immediately identify the initial shooting victim or the condition of the victim.
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