Overview
- Police said two ShotSpotter alerts at 11:17 a.m. prompted the response to West Chestnut Street, with officers arriving roughly four to five minutes after dispatch.
- Body-camera video from Officer John Heisler captures repeated commands not to reach for anything before he fired multiple times as McNealy moved a hand toward his waistband.
- Investigators recovered a Glock 35 at the scene along with a magazine and spent shell casings that deputies said were consistent with the weapon.
- McNealy, 30, was taken to UofL Hospital in critical but stable condition and faces wanton endangerment and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon charges, with arraignment set for Jan. 7.
- Heisler, an officer since 2019, is on paid administrative leave as LMPD's Public Integrity Unit leads the case with the Commonwealth's Attorney, while Kentucky State Police and the city's inspector general conduct reviews and LMPD's Professional Standards Unit examines policy compliance.