Overview
- A woman was shot and killed late Wednesday in the parking lot of the McDonald’s on East Market Street near NuLu, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Hours later, a woman believed to be in her 50s was found shot inside the American Legion post at 2719 Greenwood Avenue in Parkland and remains hospitalized in life-threatening condition.
- LMPD’s Homicide Unit is leading the Parkland investigation, and no suspects have been announced as detectives work to determine motive and circumstances.
- Around 12:30 a.m. Thursday, a man with a gunshot wound to the leg arrived at UofL Health Mary and Elizabeth Hospital after being shot near the 800 block of Denmark Street; he is expected to survive.
- Detectives arrested 35-year-old Flor Orantes in the Denmark Street case after aligning bullet holes, recovering spent casings, and reviewing surveillance video; she is charged with second-degree assault and told police she had been drunk, with arraignment set for Friday.