Jerry Mangrum Jr. - known as DJ Lil Jerry - has filed a defamation suit against Metro Alcoholic Beverage Control, claiming its director defamed him by linking him to violence occurring when he performed at Baxter’s 942.
There have been at least four shootings at Louisville bars this year.
The ordinance would give Alcohol Beverage Control the authority to suspend a liquor license immediately after a shooting at a business.
Two Louisville Metro Council members are joining an effort to get local officials more control over liquor licenses after another person was shot and killed Sunday at Cafe 360 on Bardstown Road.
Enforcement of the 20-year-old noise ordinance stepped up in early September.
Bars and nightclubs in Louisville could be forced to close earlier as city officials react to a shooting at a restaurant in downtown Louisville on Sunday.
