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Police Identify The Man Who Allegedly Shot 2 Officers Wednesday Night In Louisville

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">TSR Updatez&colon; A man is in custody today after <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;two-louisville-officers-wounded-by-gunfire-during-protests-following-breonna-taylor-verdict&sol;">two Louisville Metro police officers were wounded in a shooting<&sol;a> Wednesday night in downtown Louisville&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Police have identified the man as Larynzo Johnson&period; Following his arrest&comma; Johnson was charged with 14 counts of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;wanton endangerment” on a police officer and two counts of assault on a police officer&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">As of Thursday morning&comma; Johnson’s bond had not been set and he won&&num;8217&semi;t be arraigned until Friday&comma; according to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wlky&period;com&sol;article&sol;lmpd-officer-wounded-in-downtown-shooting&sol;34133637">WLKY&period;<&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Protests erupted Wednesday after a grand jury failed to charge the three officers who killed Breonna Taylor with her death&period; One officer&comma; Brett Hankison&comma; was however charged with three counts of wanton endangerment for the bullets he fired off that put Breonna’s neighbors at risk&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Protesters took to the streets as the city’s curfew of 9 p&period;m&period; loomed Wednesday night&period; Shots rang out around 8&colon;30 p&period;m&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Both officers are currently undergoing treatment at University Hospital&comma;” LMPD Interim Chief Rob Schroeder said at a news conference around 10&colon;15 p&period;m&period; Wednesday&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;One is alert and stable&period; One is undergoing surgery and is stable&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Schroeder did not release the names of the injured officers&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">It’s not actually clear if the shooting was related to any protests but videos circulating on social media showed protesters running away from the sound of nearby gunfire&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am very concerned about the safety of our officers&comma;” Schroeder said&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">The FBI tweeted that it is assisting LMPD in the shooting investigation&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Trump got fired up over the protests and made a few tweets in response to what was going on and sent his support to the officers in Louisville&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CFgZrMthqaK&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; 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