<p>A section of a Kentucky highway was closed Saturday night after five people were shot, authorities said.</p><p>What led up to the shooting was not immediately clear. All five shooting victims were in stable condition, said a spokesperson for the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Gilbert Acciardo.</p><p>The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook that the shooting happened on Interstate 75, which was closed at Exit 49, 9 miles north of London, Kentucky. It said the highway was closed “due to an active shooter situation,” but did not elaborate.</p><p>Randall Weddle, the mayor of London, said in a Facebook video said authorities were searching for a “suspect or suspects” in “rugged terrain” in the northern part of Laurel County.</p>.If a threat is not a crime, can the police prevent a school shooting?.<p>Acciardo said helicopters and infrared scanners were being used to search for the gunman in the woods.</p><p>The London Police Department said Saturday night that a person of interest had been identified and asked the public for any information about his whereabouts. London is about 90 miles south of Lexington, Kentucky.</p><p>Angel Jarrett was working at the 49er Truck Stop when someone told her that shots had been fired nearby.</p><p>Eventually, multiple police cars surrounded the truck stop near the exit where the shooting took place and placed the facility on lockdown.</p><p>“We’re not allowed to go in or out,” Jarrett said. “It’s a little panicky but we’re OK. They’re surrounding us, the cops are.”</p><p>Saint Joseph London, a hospital in London that is a part of CHI Saint Joseph Health, said that it had “received multiple patients and is treating them for minor injuries.”</p><p>Two patients were being treated at the University of Kentucky’s Albert B. Chandler Hospital, a spokesperson said. Their conditions were unknown.</p><p>The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said on social media that it was sending agents from its Louisville, Kentucky, office to help state police and local authorities “with a critical incident” near I-75 in Laurel County.</p>
<p>A section of a Kentucky highway was closed Saturday night after five people were shot, authorities said.</p><p>What led up to the shooting was not immediately clear. All five shooting victims were in stable condition, said a spokesperson for the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Gilbert Acciardo.</p><p>The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook that the shooting happened on Interstate 75, which was closed at Exit 49, 9 miles north of London, Kentucky. It said the highway was closed “due to an active shooter situation,” but did not elaborate.</p><p>Randall Weddle, the mayor of London, said in a Facebook video said authorities were searching for a “suspect or suspects” in “rugged terrain” in the northern part of Laurel County.</p>.If a threat is not a crime, can the police prevent a school shooting?.<p>Acciardo said helicopters and infrared scanners were being used to search for the gunman in the woods.</p><p>The London Police Department said Saturday night that a person of interest had been identified and asked the public for any information about his whereabouts. London is about 90 miles south of Lexington, Kentucky.</p><p>Angel Jarrett was working at the 49er Truck Stop when someone told her that shots had been fired nearby.</p><p>Eventually, multiple police cars surrounded the truck stop near the exit where the shooting took place and placed the facility on lockdown.</p><p>“We’re not allowed to go in or out,” Jarrett said. “It’s a little panicky but we’re OK. They’re surrounding us, the cops are.”</p><p>Saint Joseph London, a hospital in London that is a part of CHI Saint Joseph Health, said that it had “received multiple patients and is treating them for minor injuries.”</p><p>Two patients were being treated at the University of Kentucky’s Albert B. Chandler Hospital, a spokesperson said. Their conditions were unknown.</p><p>The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said on social media that it was sending agents from its Louisville, Kentucky, office to help state police and local authorities “with a critical incident” near I-75 in Laurel County.</p>