POLICE LIGHTS

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville Metro Police officers performing a welfare check Tuesday night in the Taylor Berry neighborhood found a young person dead at the scene, according to a statement from the department. 

Fourth Division officers found the juvenile when they responded around 9:30 p.m. to the 1200 block of Algonquin Parkway, LMPD Officer Beth Ruoff said in a statement. 

Ruoff did not say if the young person was found inside a home and did not say how old they were. 

"This is currently classified as a death investigation," she said in her statement. "We will provide more information as it becomes available. LMPD's Major Crimes Unit is investigating." 

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