State Boy
03-23-2005, 10:53
The Courier-Journal
A Louisville Metro Police officer was shot and killed this morning in the 2600 block of Accasia Drive in the St. Denis neighborhood in Southwest Jefferson County while responding to reports of a hit-and-run accident and a burning truck.
Officer Peter A. Grignon, 28, was pronounced dead at University Hospital after doctors there were unable to control bleeding from two wounds in his neck and mouth.
An unidentified man, who police believe shot Grignon, also was pronounced dead at the scene of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Police Chief Robert White said Grignon had been on the force for two years and was assigned to the 2nd Division.
“He was an outstanding officer out doing his job, and he paid the ultimate sacrifice,” White said at a press conference outside the hospital. “I would ask that you keep his family in your prayers.”
Police spokesman Officer Dwight Mitchell said police were called about 6:35 a.m. about a vehicle that had run through a yard. An officer found the vehicle on fire in a field on Veronica Drive.
Mitchell said another officer, later identified as Grignon, then encountered two white males on Accasia. While talking with them, an altercation started, he said, and the officer was shot.
One of the male suspects was pronounced dead at the scene of what police believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Mitchell said. The other man was led away for questioning, he said.
A doctor who treated Grignon said he was taken from Room 9 at University Hospital, the hospital’s trauma room, directly into surgery.
He arrived at the hospital at about 7:30 and died at 9:33 a.m.
White and Mayor Jerry Abramson were at the hospital and met with police officers and Grignon’s family. They said Grignon’s wife, parents, brother and in-laws all were present.
A Louisville Metro Police officer was shot and killed this morning in the 2600 block of Accasia Drive in the St. Denis neighborhood in Southwest Jefferson County while responding to reports of a hit-and-run accident and a burning truck.
Officer Peter A. Grignon, 28, was pronounced dead at University Hospital after doctors there were unable to control bleeding from two wounds in his neck and mouth.
An unidentified man, who police believe shot Grignon, also was pronounced dead at the scene of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Police Chief Robert White said Grignon had been on the force for two years and was assigned to the 2nd Division.
“He was an outstanding officer out doing his job, and he paid the ultimate sacrifice,” White said at a press conference outside the hospital. “I would ask that you keep his family in your prayers.”
Police spokesman Officer Dwight Mitchell said police were called about 6:35 a.m. about a vehicle that had run through a yard. An officer found the vehicle on fire in a field on Veronica Drive.
Mitchell said another officer, later identified as Grignon, then encountered two white males on Accasia. While talking with them, an altercation started, he said, and the officer was shot.
One of the male suspects was pronounced dead at the scene of what police believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Mitchell said. The other man was led away for questioning, he said.
A doctor who treated Grignon said he was taken from Room 9 at University Hospital, the hospital’s trauma room, directly into surgery.
He arrived at the hospital at about 7:30 and died at 9:33 a.m.
White and Mayor Jerry Abramson were at the hospital and met with police officers and Grignon’s family. They said Grignon’s wife, parents, brother and in-laws all were present.