Death by Cop- 2024

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Christopher Michael Elder

Case # :211

Gender : Male

Age : 46

Race : White

Date : 08/19/2024

Location : Hardin County Courthouse

City : Elizabethtown

County : Hardin

State : Kentucky

Agency : Elizabethtown Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police after double homicide

Open records summary :

Christopher Elder had attended a court hearing and assaulted his former girlfriend and her mother in front of the courthouse, shooting and killing him. Police arrived and shot and killed him.
 

Source links :

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/3-injured-shooting-kentucky-courthouse-suspect-remains-large-112948445

https://www.wevv.com/news/suspect-dead-following-courthouse-shooting-and-police-pursuit/article_345f1544-5ea0-11ef-9cea-4781d45cb30f.html

https://www.wlky.com/article/suspect-elizabethtown-hardin-county-courthouse-dead/61902437