LMPD: 2 men shot to death in Louisville, unclear if shootings are related

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Two men were shot and killed in Louisville on Thursday evening, according to police.

Louisville Metro Police Maj. Micah Scheu said officers responded to a reported shooting in the 5200 block of Mars Court around 6 p.m. That's in the Pleasure Ridge Park neighborhood, near Sky Blue Avenue and Lower Hunters Trace.

Once on scene, police found a man with had been shot. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Scheu said police are also investigating after another man, who was shot, showed up to St. Mary's Hospital around the same time as the Mars Court shooting. He then died at the hospital, but police aren't sure if he was shot in the same incident on Mars Court or in a separate, unrelated shooting.

"It's very difficult," Scheu said. "Anytime there is a loss of life it is a very horrible situation. Every time I am giving one of these interviews it leaves a knot in my stomach and it is not something we want to be doing at all."

LMPD's Homicide Unit is investigating, but as of 8 p.m. had no suspects and had made no arrests.

Anyone with any information regarding the shooting is asked to call the LMPD's anonymous tip line at (502) 574-LMPD (5673), or submit tips online by clicking here.