2 Dead, 1 Injured in Shooting Near Kentucky Courthouse, Suspect Shoots Self After Police Standoff

Published on August 20, 2024

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....