LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (WKRC) – Officers said they exchanged fire with an armed suspect after he was “pursuing another person” in the casino’s hotel and “making threats.”
Officers with the Lawrenceburg Police Department responded to a call of an aggressive man who was chasing a woman at the Hollywood Casino Hotel while threatening her at around 1:00 a.m. on Saturday. Officers said they were initially informed the suspect had a knife.
By the time police arrived to the scene on Saturday morning, they were informed that multiple shots had been fired on the fourth floor of the hotel.
The officers said they took the elevator to reach the suspect. When it opened, “they encountered an armed adult male,” according to a press release. Authorities said an officer gave an order for the suspect to drop the handgun he was holding, but the suspect began to fire.
Police said at least once officer hit the suspect, and no officers were injured. The suspect was declared dead at the scene due to his injuries.
The suspect allegedly confronted another man in the hotel with the knife before the police arrived , leaving the victim with minor injuries, according to police.
No more information has been released at this time. This investigation is still ongoing.
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