LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Louisville Metro Police released body camera footage and 911 calls Wednesday from a police shooting in the city’s Camp Taylor neighborhood last month.Officers were responding to a 911 call at a home on Lincoln Avenue, in a neighborhood off Poplar Level Road near Interstate 264, just after 10:30 p.m. April 26, when the shooting happened. LMPD said Wednesday the daughter of Daniel Gish, 55, called 911 and said her dad was extremely intoxicated, got a gun and put it to his head. He also fired a shot onto the floor. Once on scene, police said they found Gish intoxicated in the driveway with a gun to his head. The body camera footage shows armed officers approach Gish outside and tell him to drop the gun several times. Deputy Chief Ryan Bates said in a statement after the shooting the man was “obviously distraught.”
Gish yells multiple obscenities at officers and goes into the home. Officers followed him and tried to get family members to safety. At least one other person was still in the home at that point, police said.
Patrol Sgt. Kristopher Pedigo confronted Gish in the home and told him to drop his gun again. Pedigo said he then shot the gun out of Gish’s hand. At the time of the shooting, Bates said the officer fired one shot. Police then started rendering aid to Gish as they waited for EMS to arrive.
Those in the home were able to get out safely, and no officers were injured.
Gish survived and was taken to the hospital but has since been released. He was booked into the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections sometime Tuesday, according to online jail records. He faces a charge of wanton endangerment of a police officer.
Per LMPD’s policy, Pedigo was placed on paid reassignment while the shooting is being investigated by the department’s Public Integrity Unit.