Police identify murder victims from Friday's SWAT standoff

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The second victim in a double murder that set off a SWAT situation last week has been identified.

The coroner says 16-year-old Osman Omor died of gunshot wounds at the scene in the one thousand block of South Jackson Street a little after 4:30 in the morning on Friday.

Another victim, 25-year-old Tela Harvey, also died in the early morning shooting, and a woman was wounded -- her injuries weren't considered life-threatening.

The SWAT team was called to the scene.

Hours later, 24-year-old Ricardo Taylor was arrested and charged with murder, kidnapping, and other offenses.

It started when police responded to a report of shots fired at an apartment at St. Catherine and Jackson Street around 11:30 Thursday night.

The hostage negotiation team spent hours trying to resolve the situation, but talks broke down early Friday and officers heard gunshots. Shortly after that members of the SWAT team fired tear gas. After a man and woman rushed out, police stormed the apartment and found the bodies of two adults -- Osman Omor and Tela Harvey.

"At this point, the investigation is still ongoing," said LMPD spokeswoman Alicia Smiley said Friday morning. "In fact, it's being turned over to our homicide unit. Our officers did not discharge their weapons at all during this incident. We still have a lot of details to sort through and hopefully we'll have more information as it becomes available."

The coroner says Harvey died at the scene of multiple gunshot wounds. A cause of death has not yet been released on the other victim found in the apartment with Harvey.

A woman was taken to University Hospital for treatment for a gunshot wound that is not considered life-threatening.

A friend of Taylor says he wish he would have known his friend was in trouble when he saw him earlier this week. "If I could've been here it wouldn't have happened," said Diontray Jackson. "I would've talked him out of it. I would've let him know your life is more important than this right here."

During the standoff, police shut down about four blocks in Smoketown near the residence and people were evacuated from their homes. A TARC bus was brought in overnight to provide a place for people to take shelter while waiting to get back into their homes. Some people couldn't re-enter their residences until the fumes from the tear gas dissipated.

Police are looking into reports that Taylor was holding people at gunpoint just before the shooting.

Police say it is unclear why Taylor shot the victims, or if he knew them.