LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Police say a woman who was shot to death in the Bashford Manor neighborhood was a victim of a domestic violence incident. Police say the man who pulled the trigger took his own life before he could be taken into custody.
According to LMPD spokesman Dwight Mitchell, police were called to the 1900 block of Goldsmith Lane, near Newburg Road, at about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. That's where police say they found the 28-year-old woman, who has not yet been identified. Mitchell said she had been shot several times inside an apartment complex.Â
"She was pronounced dead at the scene," said Mitchell.
Police determined that the shooting stemmed from a domestic violence incident and believe the woman's boyfriend was the shooter.
But at 10:30 a.m., police say they found the suspect -- a 33-year-old man --dead inside a vehicle on I-264 West, near the River Park Drive exit.
Police believe he died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.Â
Police do not believe there are any additional suspects.
Wednesday's shooting happened less than a week after another domestic-related homicide, when a woman was stabbed to death near Strawberry Lane and Southside Drive. The woman's husband was arrested in that case.
"I had just got conditioned for the pain," said Kimberly Moore, Domestic Violence Survivor.
Moore said she endured years of abuse at the hands of men who claimed to love here, but after years of about, she got help and got out of the abusive relationships.
"If I would not got help at the Center for Women and Families, I would not be standing here talking to you today, there's not a doubt in my mind that I would be dead," said Moore.
"There is absolutely a problem and it can happen to anyone, anywhere," said LMPD Chief Steve Conrad.
Chief Conrad is a board member at the Center for Women and Families and has an important message for victims of domestic violence. "If you're having a problem with a spouse or someone you're in a relationship with, tell someone that you're having a problem, that you have concerns."
If you do have concerns, both police and the Center for Women and families want to hear from you.
Elizabeth Wessel-Martin is President and CEO of Center for Women and Families. She said, "You know, something is not going right in this relationship, they're making threats, I'm starting to see some controlling behavior, call us because the first thing we're going to do is safety planning with that victim."
If you have questions or concerns, you can call the Center for Women and Families at 502-581-7200.
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