Overview
- Officer John Heisler was identified as the officer who shot and critically injured an armed man after a ShotSpotter alert in the Russell neighborhood on Dec. 18.
- Officer Nicholas Fischer fired during a Dec. 19 encounter near a Bardstown Road traffic stop as two drivers exchanged gunfire, and officials say it remains unclear whose shots wounded the Tahoe driver.
- The Tahoe driver was shot in both arms and is expected to survive, and a gun was found in his vehicle while the other driver initially fled the scene.
- Court records name 36-year-old Winthrop Taylor as a suspect linked to the Bardstown episode, describing an alleged multi-hour spree with carjackings and shots fired at police before his arrest.
- LMPD reports 10 police shootings so far in 2025, including several this month, as investigators review the latest cases and plan to release body-worn camera footage within the required timeline.