Community safety remains top priority as manhunt for Laurel County I-75 shooter continues

Published: Sep 10, 2024 Duration: 00:02:36 Category: News & Politics

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DONOR TODAY. COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN LAUREL COUNTY ARE IN SHOCK FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE SATURDAY EVENING OR 5 PEOPLE, AS WE MENTIONED, WERE SHOT AND HURT. >> WITH GROWING SAFETY, CONCERNS OF MANY PLACES ARE SHUTTING DOWN, INCLUDING SCHOOLS AND EVEN CHURCHES. KYLIE HILL HAS THAT STORY. >> ITS BEEN LOCKED DOORS AND LIGHTS OFF FOR SEVERAL SCHOOLS, LOCAL BUSINESSES AND EVEN CHURCHES. KEVIN ROCHE THE PASTOR AT CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN CORBIN SAYS ALTHOUGH HE DIDN'T CANCEL SERVICES, HE KNOWS OF MANY AND LONDON WHO DEY. >> WE WERE FAR ENOUGH AWAY. I WILL TELL YOU THIS. WE WERE EXTRA VIGILANT ON THE SECURITY AND MAKING SURE THAT THE PLACE WAS WALKED A FEW EXTRA DOORS AND HAD A FEW EXTRA GUYS AND PLACES TO MAKE SURE KEEP EYE ON THINGS. SO I KNOW SEVERAL OF THE CHURCHES UP HERE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY CANCEL SERVICES AND APPROPRIATELY SO AND I THINK THAT WAS IT. I'VE BEEN UP IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY CANCEL SERVICES TEAM. >> LAUREL COUNTY TEACHER RHONDA ROACH SAYS SCHOOLS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB, STAYING IN TOUCH WITH AUTHORITIES. I THINK THEY'RE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS RIGHT NOW. NONE OF THAT WILL CONTINUE TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH THOSE AUTHORITIES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED. SO SO THEY CAN MAKE THAT DECISION AS TO WHEN WE GO BACK. ALTHOUGH STUDENTS ARE INSIDE THE CLASSROOM, THEY DO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN FROM HOME. THEY CAN READ THEIR PARENTS CAN GET INVOLVED A LITTLE BIT. GET THEM ONLINE A LITTLE BIT INTO SOME OF ABC AND >> STAR FALL. YOU KNOW, SO THEY CAN DO SOME EDUCATIONAL THINGS, A HOME ON THE COMPUTERS BY ACTUALLY STAY IN TOUCH WITH MY PARENTS. A STUDENT IS 24 HOURS A DAY. THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO ME THROUGH THROUGH DOJO AND REMIND SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, THEY CAN CONTACT ME AT ANY TIME. THEY DESCRIBED THIS ENTIRE INCIDENT AS UNSETTLING. THIS IS RIGHT HERE. >> IN MY LITTLE TOWN OF LONDON, KENTUCKY, WE'VE GOT AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. CONCERNED THAT HE MIGHT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DRIVE BY MY HOUSE. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. AND SO HAS BEEN IT'S BEEN WAS A STRANGE AND HAS BEEN A STRANGE FEELING I WAS TRAVELING BACK TO LA COUNTY. >> I DID FIND MYSELF ON THE INTERSTATE KIND OF DUCKING. YEAH. I MEAN, LIKE YOU KINDA, LIKE KIND OF YOU'RE CAUTIOUS, BUT YOU'RE KIND OF STUCK IN YOUR SEAT. >> BOTH SAY THEY'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE AND FOR PRIORITIZING COMMUNITY SAFETY. >> WE RUN AWAY FROM, YOU KNOW, AND SO THEY RAN RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THING AND HAVE ENOUGH. I JUST BELIEVE A GREAT JOB TRYING TO KEEP US SAFE AND TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS GOT TRACKED DOWN AND GET HIM IN A PLACE WHERE FOR SAFE AGAIN. >> IN A NEWS BRIEFING EARLIER, I DID ASK AUTHORITIES THAT THEY THINK SCHOOLS SHOULD CONTINUE TO CANCEL AS THE MANHUNT GOES ON AND THEY TOLD ME IT'S UP TO EACH SCHOOL TO TAKE

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