. “. She is accused of previously posting “P.S I hope the pepper balls that she got lit up with a little later on hurt,” Crews allegedly wrote. The photo in Crews' post, taken Thursday, shows a protester offering flowers to Crews, who is staring back at her. What is known is that there was an incident involving Katie Crews, Austin Allen, unidentified National Guard soldiers, and David McAtee. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. Katie Crews is one of two officers involved in Monday's early-morning shooting that killed McAtee, a popular restaurant owner in Louisville's west end. Officer Katie Crews, who was placed on administrative reassignment Monday after the fatal shooting, posted a Courier Journal photo of a protester across from her and said, "I … Officer Katie Crews of the Louisville Metro Police Department is on administrative leave after the shooting of David McAtee. . The footage — which has no audio — was taken from McAtee’s business and a neighboring business.
Two officers, including Crews, and National Guard troops returned fire, killing McAtee, who ran a popular barbecue stand nearby.Police have said they don't know if McAtee was the person who had fired at police. Officials say a fire that swept through an old southern Indiana lumber mill that’s slated for demolition produced towering plumes of smoke visible for miles around an Ohio River city.Subscribe for unlimited digital access to the news that matters to your community.
The investigation is ongoing. Police say the video shows McAtee firing a weapon before being shot.
Andy Beshear.Subscribe for unlimited digital access to the news that matters to your community. Sign up for the PM Newsletter and get the day’s biggest stories in your inbox.McAtee’s sister and his mother previously told Louisville media that he was an innocent bystander and didn’t fire on officers or the National Guard.Kentucky State Police and the FBI are investigating McAtee’s death.Previous Louisville police Chief Steve Conrad was fired Monday after the lack of body cam footage was discovered. Officer Katie Crews was among those that fired on a crowd of protesters in Louisville, Kentucky, late on Sunday night, killing McAtee, a beloved local restauranteur. Come back and get ya some more ole girl, I’ll be back on the line again tonight.”The police department is aware of the post and Robert Schroeder, the interim Louisville chief, initiated a “Professional Standards Unit investigation,” department spokesperson Lamont Washington said in a statement. What exactly happened has not been made clear to the public. The department released surveillance footage of the shooting on Tuesday. Before that, she had also gloated about other demonstrators getting hurt, and threatened to fire at them again.
Just so for it to be known," Crews wrote in the post. "And after mentioning the pepper balls, Crews ended the post with: "Come back and get ya some more ole girl, I’ll be on the line again tonight.”Shortly after midnight Monday, someone shot at LMPD officers from a parking lot at 26th and Broadway where a large number of people were gathered. A Louisville police officer who fired her weapon during the fatal shooting of a restaurant owner faces an internal investigation after the department learned of social media posts in which the woman appeared to taunt protesters.Katie Crews is one of two officers placed on administrative leave in the wake of the fatal police and National Guard shooting of David McAtee — a local restaurant owner. Over the weekend, the Courier-Journal posted a photograph of a protester standing near a line of LMPD officers, her arm outstretched trying to give flowers to Crews. "She was saying and doing a lot more than ‘offering flowers’ to me. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville police officer involved in the fatal shooting of West End business owner David McAtee had celebrated earlier on Facebook when a protester was shot by pepper balls.Officer Katie Crews, who was placed on administrative reassignment Monday after the fatal shooting, posted a Courier Journal photo of a protester across from her and said, "I hope the pepper balls that she got lit up with a little later on hurt. The two national guard members who fired their weapons have also been pulled from duty by Gov. "A screenshot of the post has circulated on social media sites.Interim LMPD Chief Robert Schroeder said Monday night he is aware of the post and has started a professional standards investigation into it. Louisville Police Department Before she was involved in the fatal shooting of a black man after a night of protests, Louisville Metro Police Officer Katie Crews mocked a … "For anyone that knows me and knows that facial expression tells everything. Louisville Police Officer Katie Crews — who was put on administrative leave after returning fire early Monday on a large crowd during protests over … Katie Crews is one of two officers placed on administrative leave in the wake of the fatal police and National Guard shooting of David McAtee — a local restaurant owner.