No one injured after shots fired at Bardstown Road business

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Shots were fired at a local business on Bardstown Road Wednesday afternoon, according to Louisville Metro Police.

Police said they responded around 1:30 p.m. to a call of a shooting at Encore Resale. No one was injured, and there weren't customers in the building.

Tana Vogt, who works two doors down from Encore Resale, described the shots fired sounding like construction.

"We were just working, heard some loud pops," he said. "It kind of sounded like construction. About 10 minutes later, about seven cop cars pulled up. So at that point, we knew something was going on."

Police said after an investigation, a person "who appears to suffer from a level of mental illness, was attempting to shoot a specific individual inside the business." After a shot was fired into the business, the suspect then shot at someone else in a neighboring apartment. According to police, the suspect knew the victims. Detectives are now trying to secure a warrant to arrest the suspect.

Since the beginning of 2022, the 1000 block of Bardstown Road has seen multiple crimes, according to LMPD's crime mapping tool, ranging from theft, fraud and at least one instance of robbery.

Councilwoman Cassie Chambers Armstrong, who represents District 8, said safety is a top priority for the popular area.

"We're going to have issues that need to be addressed," Armstrong said. "There's also a lot of other things we need to work on."

Nick Boone, who owns a business on Bardstown Road, said he finds the general area to be safe but has concerns after hearing of a shooting in the middle of the day.

"I don't like it at all," Boone said. "I think it's demoralizing to citizens and I think it's demoralizing to businesses."

Boone said he finds the area west of his store on the 1600 block of Bardstown Road to be more problematic.

"I think down there is a little bit of a different story," he said.