Terrified children ran for cover when a woman was shot near a school bus stop in Louisville, Kentucky. The gunfire erupted around 8 a.m., forcing a nearby elementary school into lockdown. Police say the woman was walking a child to the bus stop when she was hit. She later died in hospital.
A 15-year-old was briefly detained but released, and no suspects remain at large. “It is unacceptable that people simply trying to go to school must fear for their safety,” police said. The shooting happened close to Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary School and Central High School.
Officers are working with local authorities to help students and families process the trauma. The tragedy follows another shooting in the same area just days earlier, when a teen fired at a bus stop but injured no one.
“Children should feel safe walking to school, not fear gunfire,” one local parent said. The community is left shaken, demanding change. Violence near schools should never be normal.
