LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A teenager is dead after a shooting outside a strip mall on Cane Run Road.
Officials with the Shively Police Department say the shooting happened just after midnight Saturday morning outside a liquor store and event hall on Cane Run just off I-264. Shively Police say around 50 teens were having a party inside the event hall around the time of the shooting.
Officials say two teens went outside near a liquor store, and that's when one pulled out a handgun and shot the other in the chest.
Officials say the shooter escaped. The person who was shot tried to run, but died at the scene.
No one has been arrested.
A manager of the recently opened event hall, known as Truth, says her business and the party that happened Friday night had nothing to do with the crime. Even though an advertisement for the party said it would end at midnight, the manager says it actually ended around 11 p.m., about an hour before the shooting.
Shively Police, however, said information officers received indicates the shooter and victim had been at the party. Lt. Col. Josh Myers says officers weren't aware the seemingly empty building was being used as an event hall. He said officers will examine the venue's rental policy to determine whether teens can rent and use the space without adult supervision.
The identity of the victim has not yet been released.
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