An active ‘aggressor’ is on the loose at a fairground in Louisville, Kentucky.
Police swarmed the active scene at Kentucky Exposition Center, where summer fairgrounds for families are currently staged, on Sunday afternoon.
The horror scene comes just hours after a separate shooter opened fire at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, before fleeing to a church about 16 miles away. That gunman killed two women, and injured two other men, at the place of worship.
The fairground incident occurred about an hour away from this morning’s gunfire.
Louisville Metro Police Department said in a statement: ‘We are aware of a report of an ‘Active Aggressor’ on the property of the Fairgrounds in Louisville. At this time there are NO victims found yet. Please avoid the area due to a heavy police presence.’
Local outlet MetroSafe first reported that shots had been fired at the Exposition Center.
But in an update, police later walked back the report and confirmed there were no gunshots and no victims.
They called the suspect an ‘aggressor,’ but said bullets were not involved.
An active ‘aggressor’ is on the loose at a fairground in Louisville, Kentucky . Police swarmed the active scene at Kentucky Exposition Center, where summer fairgrounds for families are currently staged, on Sunday afternoon
In an update, police later walked back the report and confirmed there were no gunshots and no victims
‘Again, no victims at the Expo center or Kentucky Kingdom. No shots fired. People are leaving the property creating traffic issues,’ the Official X account of Louisville Metro Police Dept. updated at 4:08pm Sunday.
Terrified witnesses scrambled for cover as officers locked down the area in search of the suspect.
One witness described the panic on social media.
User @Summerisgood14 wrote: ‘The park is on lockdown, my family and I are here and we’re locked down in a bathroom with maybe 150 people.
‘Everyone is taking cover in buildings.’
Further footage shared on social media captures dozens of police and emergency responders arriving at the Kentucky Exposition Center.
The scare came just hours after a separate shooting rocked Lexington, about an hour east.
‘I’m heartbroken to share the shooting in Lexington at Richmond Road Baptist Church has taken the lives of two people,’ Governor Andy Beshear said in a statement on X.
‘Other injuries — including a Kentucky State Police trooper from the initial stop — are being treated at a nearby hospital. The shooter has also been killed.’
