Bowling Green Police Officer Shot In Incident At Car Lot

Darren Doyle, story:
The Kentucky State Police (KSP) Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) has been requested by KSP Post 3 in Bowling Green to investigate an officer-involved shooting that occurred on July 6th, 2023, at approximately 5:25PM at America's Car-Mart on Russellville Road in Bowling Green. The CIRT arrived on the scene and began an investigation into the incident.

According to a KSP press release, an unnamed male subject was pronounced deceased at the Medical Center at Bowling Green by the Warren County Coroner.

A Bowling Green Police Officer, who was also unnamed, was transported to a hospital due to life-threatening injuries sustained in the shooting, KSP said.

No other details were released regarding the details of the incident or the names of those involved.

"KSP has statewide jurisdiction and investigates officer-involved shootings throughout the Commonwealth as requested by local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies," they stated in the press release. "KSP is committed to being transparent while ensuring the integrity of the investigation. To protect the integrity of an ongoing investigation, it is KSP’s standard operating procedure not to release specific details until vital witnesses have been interviewed and pertinent facts gathered. Timelines to complete investigations vary based on the complexity of the case."

In the officer-involved shooting that occurred in Edmonson County on Rocky Hill Road on March 30, 2023, neither the subject that was shot, nor the officer involved was identified until nearly a month later, on April 28, 2023.