Coroner says fatal shot not fired by Louisville police- Black Man Committed Suicide

A man involved in a shooting incident with Louisville Police outside a restaurant committed suicide, according to the Jefferson County Coroner.  Joshua Rucker, 29, of Shelbyville, died Tuesday morning after being struck in the head by a bullet from his own semiautomatic weapon, Jefferson County Coroner Ron Holmes said.  At least one police officer also fired during the incident outside a Bob Evans restaurant near Interstate 65.  It was initially unclear who shot Rucker.  The confrontation happened when officers were called to a complaint of suspicious persons in the parking lot at the restaurant.  When they arrived, two officers found five suspects in a car and asked them to get out of the car separately so they could be questioned, according to Police Chief Robert White.  Before the last suspect was taken out, one of the officers heard a round being chambered into a gun and alerted his partner and that's when gunfire erupted, according to Chief White.  Coroner Ron Holmes said that Rucker fired two rounds.  The two police officers involved in the incident will remain on administrative leave while the case is reviewed.  [more] and [more]

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