Man arrested after woman shot to death outside Butchertown food plant
Police have arrested a man following a woman being shot to death outside of the JBS Foods plant in Louisville's Butchertown neighborhood.
Louisville Metro Police Department said a shooting happened around 3:18 p.m. Friday in the 1300 block of Story Avenue, in the parking lot of JBS. That's across the street from the Butchertown Market building.
LMPD said that the victim died from an apparent gunshot wound, and they are investigating it as a homicide.
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Police said the victim was an employee at JBS.
LMPD gave an update around 6:30 p.m. saying that a man contacted them and turned himself in. Their homicide unit met with 58-year-old Edilberto Reyes at Metro Corrections.
An arrest slip says that Reyes also worked at the JBS plant. In addition to that, police said they obtained surveillance footage that captured the shooting.
In the video, police said the shooter was wearing the same clothing as Reyes when he left work before the shooting happened.
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Police said there are no other outstanding suspects and that the incident appeared to be isolated.
LMPD is still investigating the shooting.
Anyone with information is asked to call the anonymous Crime Tip Hotline at 502-574-LMPD (5673) or use the LMPD Crime Tip Portal.