Louisville police share video of officers being shot at during 2 non-injury incidents

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville Metro Police shared edited body camera footage of two times officers were shot at recently.

In both situations, police responded to trouble runs. LMPD Chief Paul Humphrey said those are generic runs that officers make every day, but can quickly change into a more serious situation.

"Our job is to help people in their worst times, and sometimes that means we have to encounter the worst people in our society," Humphrey said. "That's what officers are doing on a day-to-day basis is going out there knowing there is a possibility that someone is going to try to harm them intentionally. But I would rather our officers encounter that person before that person encounters the public."

First Incident

According to court documents, police responded to a home in the 1300 block of Olive Street on Oct. 7, 2024 around 3:09 a.m.

In the video, officers are heard asking each other if there's a "busted window" on the door. Then a gunshot is heard from inside the home. Police move toward the home.

"You'll see the door was shut, officers shined their flash light at the door from a distance and they were met with gunfire," Humphrey said. "Eventually officers were able to talk the suspect out, take the suspect into custody without anyone being injured."

Humphrey said the suspect was Alexis Holmes, a convicted felon. Police said a handgun used in the shooting was stolen from Jeffersonville.

"We were able to take a violent convicted felon off the street," Humphrey said.

Holmes was charged with wanton endangerment of a police officer, convicted felon in possession of a handgun and receiving stolen property.

Second Incident

A Florida man staying at a local Airbnb allegedly shot at police on Dec. 28 at a Germantown home. Tombe Juma-Kose Thomas was staying at an Airbnb on Reutlinger Avenue with his girlfriend.

Police said Thomas became agitated and locked himself in a bathroom with a gun. He told officers he believed someone else was inside the house in a plot set up by his girlfriend.

LMPD officers said they knocked on the window of the bathroom and announced themselves as police officers. That's when Thomas allegedly "fired a single gunshot through the window in the direction of two LMPD officers standing nearby," according to court documents.

Police said Thomas called it a "a warning shot." No officers were injured, but the arrest report states "the projectile fired was near the height of the officers' heads and placed them in imminent danger of death or serious physical injury."

The officers were not hurt, and Thomas was taken into custody without further incident.

"You can see these are both dangerous, high-stress situations that could have ended with people being seriously injured," Humphrey said. "I want to point out the professionalism of those officers."

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Louisville police share video of officers being shot at during 2 non-injury incidents