Louisville mayor: 40 arrests, shots fired at officers during Saturday protests

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Mayor Greg Fischer said approximately 40 people were arrested during Louisville's third night of protests against police brutality and demanding justice for the shooting death of Breonna Taylor at the hands of Louisville Metro Police officers.

There were several reports of shots fired overnight, Fischer said, including when five Louisville Metro Police officers were shot at around midnight at South 9th Street and Broadway. At least one bullet hit an LMPD vehicle with three officers inside, while two officers outside of the vehicle felt another bullet pass by them, according to the mayor. No officers were hurt.

Buildings were looted and burglarized as the night progressed, Fischer said, although not nearly to the scale of destruction seen when demonstrations escalated Friday night. A vacant building around East Broadway was "badly damaged" after a "significant" fire was set there, Fischer said, and other small fires were set throughout the city, including several trash cans.

A dusk-to-dawn curfew will remain in effect again from 9 p.m. Sunday to 6:30 a.m. Monday.

Cleanup efforts are underway in several parts of the city, and Fischer said volunteers are welcome. City officials will soon provide more information on how people can help.

Louisville Metro Corrections also dealt with a disturbance from inmates early Sunday morning. Around 2:30 a.m., Fischer said maximum security inmates at the Hall of Justice used a water cooler to break an interior dorm window and destroyed other property. Staff and the Special Operations Response Team were able to get the situation under control.

Nine inmates were able to escape through the broken window into an interior walkway on the secure side of the jail where other inmates are housed. That's where the inmates used a table to break additional dorm windows, allowing approximately 20 inmates to enter the walkway and destroy property, including chairs, a computer, and equipment, in addition to five dorm windows and seven atrium windows.

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