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Woman Charged in Russell Killing as Louisville Officers Fatally Shoot Robbery Suspect

Public disclosures under LMPD policy now follow, including body-camera video plus officer names.

Overview

  • Police say the Friday night shooting in the 2700 block of Cedar Street left a man in his 30s dead inside a home after officers arrived around 8:40 p.m.
  • Maria Swann, 25, was arrested and charged with Murder – Domestic Violence, with court records stating she waived her Miranda rights and admitted firing during a verbal altercation.
  • Investigators noted the victim and Swann lived together and were in a relationship at the time of the shooting.
  • In a separate incident just before 10 p.m. Saturday on East Southland Boulevard, officers responding to a reported armed robbery encountered a person matching the suspect description who ran and produced a handgun.
  • Two officers fired, the suspect was pronounced dead by EMS, a handgun was recovered, no officers or bystanders were injured, and the Public Integrity Unit will investigate with body-camera video due within 10 days and officer names within 72 hours.