LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A 39-year-old man from Radcliff, Kentucky, was identified as the suspect in a police shooting inside an Elizabethtown hospital.
George Lee Jr. fired multiple shots with a handgun inside Baptist Health Hardin around 5 a.m. Saturday, according to police.
Once police arrived on scene, Lee was shot by an Elizabethtown Police Department officer. Lee was airlifted to UofL Hospital after being shot.
Lee is in critical condition but stable, according to police.
Police don't know how Lee got into the hospital or why he went to the hospital. Police said Lee was by himself.
"I want to commend the efforts of Baptist Health Hardin security staff, they contacted an armed gunman unarmed and we're really proud of them for the job they did," Officer Chris Denham, a spokesperson for the Elizabethtown Police Department, said on Saturday. "We're also very proud of our officers for the response."
Court records show Lee has a long criminal history. In 2018, he was sentenced to eight years in jail in Hardin COunty on charges related on a slew of charges, including assaulting an officer. He was released in less than four years.
He also has prior convictions in other counties on drug, fraud and burglary charges.
Denham did not know how many times the officer fired his weapon at Lee. The police officer who fired the shots at the suspect was placed on two weeks of paid administrative leave.
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