Louisville judge put under guard after bullets fired near his home Sunday

LOUISVILLE, Ky., (WDRB) – A Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputy spent the night guarding Louisville judge McKay Chauvin’s Prospect area home Sunday after shots were fired near the house.

Lt. Col. Carl Yates, a spokesman for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, said shell casings were found in the street in front of Chauvin’s home at about 10:30 Sunday night.

Neighbors heard the shots and called police.

However, Yates said a preliminary investigation showed no indication any bullets hit his home or that the shooting was connected to the judge.

A spokesman for the Louisville Metro Police Department said the 8^th division is investigating and no arrests have been made.

Yates said a marked unit sat outside Chauvin’s home last night.

Chauvin went back to work Monday, and there are currently no plans for him to be guarded 24 hours a day, “unless circumstances change,” Yates said.

Chauvin said that while he does not necessarily think he was being targeted, given the "outstanding response" by law enforcement, he and his family have never felt safer.

Chauvin, a former state and federal prosecutor, is a long-time Jefferson Circuit Court judge.