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Police in Louisville, Kentucky, are trying to find a suspect they consider punched town’s mayor at a preferred downtown occasion advanced Saturday.
“Earlier this night, whereas at Fourth Avenue Dwell, Mayor (Greg) Fischer was punched by a person,” the Louisville Metro Police Division stated in a Fb submit. “The Mayor is doing wonderful.”
Authorities launched a number of screengrabs from surveillance video displaying a person they consider is the suspect within the assault on the mayor. Police didn’t say what Fischer was doing when he was hit.
“LMPD is investigating & will launch additional info because it turns into out there,” police stated in a tweet.
Fourth Avenue Dwell is internet hosting Juneteenth-related occasions this weekend, in response to its web site. Earlier Saturday, Fischer posted on Twitter that he had attended a Delight occasion.
CNN has reached out to Louisville police and the mayor’s workplace for extra info.
Fischer, a Democrat, is serving his third time period as mayor of Kentucky’s largest metropolis and can’t run once more because of time period limits. Craig Greenberg, the 2022 Democratic nominee for mayor despatched properly needs to Fischer Saturday.
“Whoever is liable for this assault wants to show themselves in,” Greenberg stated on Twitter. “We can not resolve our disagreements with violence.”