OFFICER CRASHES ON I65

LOUISVILLE, Ky (WDRB) -- An off-duty LMPD officer was hurt early Thursday morning after his car was shot at on the interstate.

An LMPD spokesperson says the officer was in an unmarked LMPD vehicle on I-65 South near Fern Valley Road around 1:30 a.m. when someone from a another vehicle fired a gun at the vehicle. The officer did not return fire but did crash into the median. That officer was taken to University of Louisville Hospital with minor injuries, according to LMPD spokesperson Dwight Mitchell.

LMPD says the shooter got away. No description of the vehicle is available at this time. The investigation is continuing. 

Anyone who may have witnessed the incident is asked to call 574-LMPD. 

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