NO ONE HAS BEEN ARRESTED. LOCAL LEADERS ARE RESPONDING AFTER A DEADLY MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND IN LOUISVILLE, SIX PEOPLE WERE KILLED, SEVEN OTHERS HURT AND TEN SEPARATE SHOOTINGS. AND MAYOR CRAIG GREENBERG CALLING IT UNACCEPTABLE. IN ONE INCIDENT EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, 26 YEAR OLD AARON ANDERSON AND ANOTHER MAN WERE KILLED AT THE HOT SPOT IN THE SOUTHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. A THIRD MAN AND WOMAN WERE ALSO HURT IN THAT SHOOTING. METRO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL HAS SINCE ISSUED AN EMERGENCY SUSPENSION OF THE BAR’S LIQUOR LICENSE. OFFICIALS SAY THIS IS JUST ONE WAY THE CITY CAN COMBAT VIOLENCE. WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS, HOW DO WE QUICKLY RESPOND AS A CITY TO JUST GIVE OURSELVES A MOMENT TO TAKE A BREATH AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED, AND THEN RESPOND APPROPRIATELY?
Liquor license suspended at Louisville business after double homicide
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Updated: 12:42 PM EDT May 14, 2024
Local leaders are responding after a deadly Mother’s Day weekend in Louisville.Six people were killed and seven others were injured in 10 separate shootings, and one was at a business. Now that business is getting its liquor license suspended. That shooting happened around 5 a.m. Saturday. Aaron Anderson, 26, and another man were killed at The Hot Spot in the Southland Park neighborhood.A third man and a woman were also hurt. The second victim who died has not yet been identified.Metro Alcoholic Beverage Control has since issued an "emergency suspension" of the bar’s liquor license.More on neighborhood reaction to that shootingOfficials say suspending the license is one way the city can combat violence. Other recent shootings:"When something like this happens, how do we quickly respond as a city to just give ourselves a moment, to take a breath and see what happened and then respond appropriately," Metro Councilman Ben Reno-Weber said.Greenberg said The Hot Spot will have a hearing regarding its license.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Local leaders are responding after a deadly Mother’s Day weekend in Louisville.
Six people were killed and seven others were injured in 10 separate shootings, and one was at a business. Now that business is getting its liquor license suspended.
That shooting happened around 5 a.m. Saturday. Aaron Anderson, 26, and another man were killed at The Hot Spot in the Southland Park neighborhood.
A third man and a woman were also hurt. The second victim who died has not yet been identified.
Metro Alcoholic Beverage Control has since issued an "emergency suspension" of the bar’s liquor license.
More on neighborhood reaction to that shooting
Officials say suspending the license is one way the city can combat violence.
Other recent shootings:
"When something like this happens, how do we quickly respond as a city to just give ourselves a moment, to take a breath and see what happened and then respond appropriately," Metro Councilman Ben Reno-Weber said.
Greenberg said The Hot Spot will have a hearing regarding its license.
