SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- It was not festive Christmas lights, but blue police lights flashing in a Shelbyville neighborhood Sunday night.
Kentucky State Police say around 7:30 p.m., someone fired several shots into a home on Southlawn Drive, which is off U.S. 60.
Police say 53-year-old Jon Monroe of Eminence, Kentucky was hit and later died at the hospital. An autopsy is being done by the Medical Examiner's Office IN Louisville.Â
The shooter or shooters fled the scene and are still on the run.
Melina Garcia lives across the street, and said she heard the gunshots.
"I heard the shooting. The first one, I thought it was fireworks because at Christmas everybody's doing fireworks," she said. "But when I heard the second one, I think this is not fireworks. Somebody's shooting outside."
Garcia said when she heard the second round, she hid in a back room.
"When I heard the second shooting, I go get by baby, and I go in my room, and lock the doors," Garcia told WDRB News.
Garcia said by the time she came out, the house was surrounded by police.
Another neighbor, who did not want to be identified, said Monroe was the boyfriend of the woman who lives there.Â
"I was able to talk to get over to her to talk to her for a minute," she said. "I found out there had been a knock on the door. Her friend asked if she was expecting anybody, and she said no. And he opened the door and whomever it was shot him four or five times."
The neighbor said the community is normally very quiet, so she's shocked that something like this could happen -- especially at Christmas time.
"I hate for the families that are having this traumatic and sad time here during the holidays," she said. "I pray for them, and hope they can have some kind of peace."Â
Police are not speculating on a motive for the shooting.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Kentucky State Police Frankfort post at 502-227-2221. The Shelby Co. Sheriff's office and Shelbyville police are assisting in the investigation.
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