LMPD: Car shot at on Watterson Expressway near Poplar Level Road

Jan 22, 2022
Jan 22, 2022 Updated Jan 23, 2022

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- One person was injured Saturday night after a car was shot at on the Watterson Expressway.

The vehicle was shot at around 9:15 p.m. on the entrance ramp to Interstate 264 west at Poplar Level Road, according to LMPD spokeswoman Alicia Smiley.

No one in the vehicle was hit by gunfire, however one of the occupants of the car was injured by flying glass during the shooting. They were treated for "superficial wounds" at Norton Audubon Hospital, according to Smiley. Their condition was not known.

LMPD's Sixth Division is investigating the shooting.