The Elizabethtown Police Department confronted an armed suspect at Baptist Health Hardin Saturday morning.
“Shortly after 5:00 a.m. this morning, our officers responded to Baptist Health Hardin, located at 913 North Dixie, on the report of an active shooter,” said EPD Public Information Officer Chris Denham. “Our officers arrived within just a couple of moments of receiving the initial call, encountered the suspect, and an officer did discharge his weapon, striking the suspect. The suspect was not fatally wounded. He was airlifted from the scene to the University of Louisville Hospital where treatment is ongoing.”
Denham said the suspect was an adult male who has not yet been identified. The suspect was confronted by unarmed hospital security staff prior to the arrival of officers…