LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A violent Mother's Day weekend in Louisville has the city making immediate changes at a local nightclub after two people were shot and killed there early Saturday.

The two victims were among four who were shot after an altercation at The Hot Spot on Evangeline Avenue in the city's Southland Park neighborhood on May 11.

Louisville Metro Police responded to the nightclub around 5 a.m. and found a man who had been shot to death. Officers also found a man and a woman who had been shot, and a man who had been shot on Evangeline Avenue later showed up at a local hospital with a gunshot wound. One of those men later died at the hospital, according to police.

Monday morning, the Jefferson County Coroner's Office identified Aaron Anderson, 26, of Louisville, as one of those men. The other victim has not yet been identified.

The shooting has the city taking immediate action. Within hours of the shooting, a notice posted on the front door of The Hot Spot stated that the business' alcohol license had been suspended.

The Hot Spot alcohol license suspended 5-13-24

The Hot Spot, on Evangeline Avenue in Louisville's Southland Park neighborhood, had its alcohol license suspended after four people were shot, two fatally, early Saturday, May 11, 2024. (WDRB photo/May 13, 2024)

"It's very sad," Councilman Khalil Batshon, R-District 25, said. "And I want to just ... we need to do better."

In addition to his role on Louisville Metro Council, representing the area where Saturday's shooting happened, Batshon is a local businessman. He recently helped pass an ordinance that allows the city to implement an emergency suspension order at any business after a shooting or violent incident.

When passing the ordinance, councilmembers said its an effort to look at threats to public safety and protect customers. It only applies to Metro Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC), and not cities within Jefferson County who have their own agency.

"This is a step in the right direction where Metro Council, the director of ABC, the mayor's office, and we were aggressively proactive in making measures moving forward in situations like this," he said.

The ordinance allows the city's ABC the authority to suspend a liquor license immediately after a shooting at a business. Under the ordinance, a business owner where a violent act happened would get an ABC hearing within three business days.

"This is simply unacceptable, and we're going to continue to do everything we can to reduce the amount of gun violence in our city," Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said.

Greenberg said the ordinance removes the red tape that was in place before an emergency suspension could be issued at a business.

"For right now, we think we made the right decision, and we will continue to use this tool to make sure every bar and restaurant owner plays by the rules," he said. 

The owner of The Hot Spot said there was security there at the time of the shooting, but that didn't stop the emergency suspension from being issued.

"And we will continue to hold those accountable who have alcohol licenses that are not using them in the right way, that are not responsible bar and restaurant owners," said Greenberg.

Right now, LMPD is still looking for suspects in Saturday's shooting, and Greenberg is making a plea to the public for someone to come forward.

"There were almost 50 people that were still at the scene when LMPD arrived, and no one has come forth with any information," he said. "So we're really asking anyone in the community that has information about that, or any other one of the shootings, please call 574-LMPD."

The owners of The Hot Spot did not want to talk on camera Monday, but said they have a hearing with the ABC on Wednesday.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call LMPD's anonymous Crime Tip Line at (502) 574-LMPD (5673). Tips can also be submitted anonymously through the department's Crime Tip Portal by clicking here.

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