LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville police are investigating after a man was hit and killed by a vehicle on Dixie Highway early Wednesday morning.
LMPD spokesman Dwight Mitchell said officers were called to the 9000 block of Dixie Highway around 5:40 a.m. on initial reports of a shooting. That's between Johnsontown Road and W. Pages Lane. When officers arrived, they found a man who was dead.
During their investigation, officers determined that the man was not shot, but received his injuries from being hit by a car that left the scene, according to Mitchell.
Jefferson County Coroner identified the man hit by the car as 51-year-old Danny Scott Atwell.Â
Officers are investigating the area and speaking to nearby businesses for information.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the department's anonymous Crime Tip Line at 502-574-5673 (LMPD) or submit a tip on the anonymous Crime Tip Portal by clicking here.
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