2 dead, 1 injured in a shooting near Kentucky courthouse, suspect shoots self after police standoff

A mother and daughter have been fatally shot and another man injured near a Kentucky courthouse 2 dead, 1 injured in a shooting near Kentucky courthouse, suspect shoots self after police standoff ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. — A gunman who fatally shot a mother and daughter and injured another man outside a Kentucky courthouse led police on a highway pursuit before shooting himself Monday, police said. The suspect, Christopher Elder, 46, was in critical condition after suffering a gunshot wound, Elizabethtown police said. One of the victims, 37-year-old Erica Riley of Elizabethtown, had attended a court hearing in Hardin County with Elder Monday morning before the shooting, police said. The two had been in a relationship, Elizabethtown Police Chief Jeremy Thompson said. Riley’s mother, 71-year-old Janet Riley of Hardinsburg, was also shot and died after being transported to a hospital, police said in a media release Monday afternoon. The shooting occurred in a parking lot and Elder fled the scene afterward, Thompson said. Elder’s vehicle was located on a highway by police in western Kentucky and he was pursued and stopped, Thompson said. The man who was shot was also related to Riley, Thompson said. He was in stable condition, police said. Nearby schools were placed on a “soft lockdown,” after the shooting until police were able to determine it was an isolated incident, Thompson said. But after he heard a few shots, “that’s when it clicked in my head that this might be gunshots,” Cockerel said. – This Summarize was created by Neural News AI (V1). Source: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/3-injured-shooting-kentucky-courthouse-suspect-remains-large-112948445