Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a reported shooting, which occurred off Hopper Creek Road about nine miles southeast of London Thursday about 2:45 p.m.
Sheriff’s investigators were dispatched by the London-Laurel County 911 Communication Center to a complaint that a 43-year-old male had been shot there, according to a sheriff’s department release.
When investigators arrived at the scene, they found out that the man had been shot once in the hip. He was airlifted to the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington for treatment. Investigators are attempting to determine a possible suspect in the shooting. A shooter has not been determined at this time.
Laurel Sheriff’s Detective Taylor McDaniel is investigating the shooting and was assisted at the scene by other Laurel County deputies and detectives. Ambulance Inc. of Laurel County also assisted at the scene.
