Fight leads to gunshot in lobby of downtown Louisville business
STUDIO TO SHOW US WHAT HAPPENED. RANDALL. WELL, VICKY, YOU KNOW, ANGER MANAGEMENT IS AN IMPORTANT SKILL TO HAVE, BUT NOT EVERYONE CAN OVERCOME EVEN THE SMALLEST PERCEIVED INCONVENIENCE AND SOMETIMES THAT LEADS TO DRAWING A GUN. SHE THREW A SODA AT MY CO-WOMAN. IT STARTED AT THIS CONVENIENCE STORE AT THE INTERSECTION OF FIRST AND JEFFERSON IN DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE. ACCORDING TO POLICE, A CUSTOMER WAS IN AN ALTERCATION WITH A STORE EMPLOYEE. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, RENATA FRAMPTON, WHO WAS NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE CONFRONTATION, EXPLAINS WHAT MAY HAVE LED TO THE DISCUSSION. A WOMAN FROM VISION WORKS WENT INTO THE STORE, ANGERED THAT MY COLLEAGUE WAS REQUIRED TO SCAN HER ID TO PURCHASE TOBACCO PRODUCTS. THE CUSTOMER THEN LEFT THE STORE AND ACCORDING TO POLICE, WENT TO THIS BUILDING LESS THAN A BLOCK AWAY. THE STORE CLERK REPORTEDLY FOLLOWED HER, AND A SECOND CONFRONTATION BEGAN AT A PARTICULAR POINT DURING THE EXCHANGE, A SHOT WAS FIRED IN THE LOBBY. THE BULLET MISSED AND ENDED UP IN A WALL. THE CONVENIENCE STORE EMPLOYEE THEN RETURNED TO WORK, WHERE SHE WAS WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED. SO FAR, HOWEVER, NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. FRAMPTON, WHO HAS WORKED THERE FOR SEVEN YEARS, SAYS VIOLENT EPISODES STILL OCCUR AT THIS LOCATION. I’VE BEEN BITTEN BY A CUSTOMER. I HAD TO GO GET A TETANUS SHOT, GET A TEST AND EVERYTHING. I’M TRYING TO PUNCH HER AFTER SHE’S DONE, THE LMPD SPOKESMAN TOLD ME. DETECTIVES ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE WOMAN WHO SHOT THE GUN AGAIN. NO ONE HAS BEEN REQUIRED TO INVESTIGATE HER.
Fight leads to gunshot in lobby of downtown Louisville business
Updated: 11:08 p.m. EDT July 2, 2024
The Louisville Metro Police Department is investigating after an altercation at a downtown business led to a gunshot being fired inside another. LMPD said a person from Visionworks on 1st and Market streets got into an argument with a person from a nearby Shell gas station. “A woman from Visionworks came in upset because my coworker had to scan her ID to buy tobacco products,” convenience store employee Renada Frampton told WLKY News, adding, “She threw a soda at my coworker.” Police said the Visionworks person then left the gas station and returned to the optometry business. The Shell person followed the other person back to Visionworks and confronted them in the lobby, police said. LMPD said the Shell person then fired a shot. No one was hit. The Shell man then returned to the gas station, where he was found by police. LMPD 1st Division is investigating, with no charges filed at this time.
The Louisville Metropolitan Police Department is investigating after an altercation at one downtown business led to a shot being fired inside another.
LMPD said a person from Visionworks, located at 1st and Market streets, got into an argument with a person from a nearby Shell gas station.
“A woman from Visionworks came in upset because my coworker had to scan her ID to buy tobacco products,” convenience store employee Renada Frampton told WLKY News, adding, “She threw a soda on my coworker.”
Police said the Visionworks person then left the gas station and returned to the optometry office.
Police say the Shell man followed the other person to Visionworks and confronted him in the lobby.
According to LMPD, a Shell employee then fired a shot. No one was hit.
The Shell person then returned to the gas station, where he was found by police.
LMPD 1st Division is investigating, with no charges filed at this time.
