Breaking news first here tonight on the
WHS 1119 Louisville Fire Depart.
Crews are still on the scene of
a Level 1 hazmat situation after
a fire in Louisville's Californa
neighborhood of the West End.
Louisville Fire Department Major
Bobby Cooper says while there's
no need for any huge concern,
he does say people living
around S 26th and Howard St.
against S 26th and Howard strees
needs to keep their windows
closed tonight and turn off.
Their HVAC crews were called tot
intersection around 7:45 tonighr
the fire at Landing Chemical Company,
which has chemicals used to make paint
products like finishes and varnishes.
Crews initially started to
make entry once they saw the
amount of fire, the fire volume,
the types of chemicals inside,
not being able to identify those right away,
they backed out and we went defensive.
More than 50 firefighters responded to
the scene because of the building size,
the chemicals involved in the
high temperatures outside.
MSD is monitoring the situation because
of concerns over possible runof.
No injuries have been reported
there at 26 And Howard streets.
Hello everybody.
Thanks for joining us tonight.
I'm Doug Profit. Also tonight,
an emotional candlelight vigil leads to
a message for thousands of Kentuckians.
Tonight, family and friends gathered in
Westport Village of eastern Jefferson
County to remember 35 year old Ashley Yates.
A day before she's laid to rest,
WHS 11 Nineteen's Connor Stefan
and Ian Hardwick were there as
countless people paid their respects.
They are live tonight at Westford Village,
with the message coming from
family members tonight.
Connor,
Doug. Understandably,
this loss is still too much for this family.
Like you said, they're sent to y
Ashley tomorrow. Ahead of that,
they gathered here at Westport Village
not just to remember the life l,
but to share a message.
Message they hope,
can impact thousands more Kentuckians.
The simple embrace
between those in mourning
Ashley Idell Yates is being
celebrated by each and everyone of us
is how the family of Ashley Yats
is keeping her memory alive.
And it's a hug. That I miss
the most, and that I think
everybody's going to miss. Ashly
Zampeki is missing those hugs
a little bit extra today,
as are many gathered here around
this makeshift memorial feat frm
where Ashley lost her life Frid.
It's like trying to figure out e
number , trying to figure out hw
many lives that she's touched and how
many people she's interacted wi.
The thing Ashley's younger
brother Andrew, remembers most.
I can. I can remember telling her that,
uh, she'll be such a good Mama.
Because of how she was
with my boys, police say
Ashley lost her life to gun vioe
after leaving work at a men's hair salon.
She was shot in the parking
lot at Westport Village.
The man accused of shooting hers
been identified as Zachary Hines
by the Jefferson County coroner.
He was Ashley's on and off again boyfriend.
Police say Hines then took
his own life Saturday.
I believe that God is in controf
everything and he's got her now,
Ashley's family says. She was a longtime
victim of an abusive relationsh.
Ashley has always.
Served a bigger purpose than herself,
and I believe that now it is to
raise awareness. A recent study
found nearly half of Kentucky w,
45% and around 36% of men,
experienced or are threatened
by intimate partner violence.
That's not lost on anyone here,
which is why they have this message to share
if you see somebody and you know
somebody that's having trouble
in their relationship or you're
stuck in an abusive relationshi.
Ask for help and get out. Strugg
with unthinkable loss but confrd
with the silver lining that in
her death, Ashley Yates and her
story may help thousands more.
Now, through this vigil,
Ashley's family is collecting donations
for the Center for Women and Children.
That's to help combat domestic violence.
They're also raising money for .
Jude's Hospital.
If you're interested in donatin,
we do have a Go Fund Me link
on our website, whis11.com.
We're live here in Westport Vil.
Connor Stefan,
the WHAS 1119 on your side.
Connor, thank you.
And as always here on WHS 11,
we want to remind you if you
or someone you know is in a
domestic violence situation,
the Center for Women and
Families has a 24/7 around
the clock emergency hotline.
Just call this number,
1-844-237-2331.
By the way, you can also simply
dial Metro United Way at 211.
New tonight on the night team A
Bowling Green, KY police officer
has been flown to the hospital
tonight if he was shot at a car lot there.
Our affiliate to WBKO and Bowlig
Green reports the shooting happd
at a car Mart not far from the
Western Kentucky University cam.
Investigators have not said whad
up to the shooting or the offics
condition In a tweet sent out tonight,
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear
asked for prayers for the offic,
their family and fellow officer.
Kentucky State Police is handlig
the shooting investigation.
Students and staff in Oldham Coy
are mourning the loss of a belod
teacher there and wrestling coah
killed in a shooting in Washington DC.
The exact details leading up to
the death of 25 year old Maxwell
Emerson are still unclear tonigt
and a suspect is still on the r.
Isaiah Kim Martinez and photojournalist
Elijah McKenzie spoke with those
who knew Emerson and share the
latest update from DC Police.
The halls of Oldham County High
are lined with the Emerson name,
like you see right there.
He won the state title as a senior year,
especially Maxwell Emerson,
a hugely successful wrestler
when he was a student.
Now years later,
passing that knowledge down as
both a coach and teacher himsel,
we knew he knew he,
but he was talking about
South like. Kind of gave us res.
And he went through the exact same stuff the
varsity wrestling team is grappling with,
the fact they couldn't even say goodbye.
When we first got there, we didn't even talk. We just said, yeah,
we were just in such disbelief.
It's just like the we were outs,
we were all just sitting on the driveway this
silent. A spokesperson with Oldm
County Schools tells me Emerson was in
the nation's capital for a Library of
Congress teacher development program.
The trip took a tragic turn on
the Catholic University of Amera
campus Wednesday when DC policey
a man shot Emerson and then ran.
In a new update tonight,
police elaborating on the timele
based on video evidence,
detectives observed the victim d
suspect walking together and arriving
at the location of the offense together.
Detectives are still investigating if
there is a potential connection between
the victim and suspect back in Kentucky,
Emerson's sister confirming she
believes her brother was robbedt
gunpoint and Snapchatted his mo,
who was also on the trip,
for help when it happened.
Meanwhile,
in the midst of this investigat,
he was definitely called to teaching.
Oldham County High School teacher Julie
Bauscher is remembering a man she saw
make a real impact on young students.
They would they would go to his
classroom all the time.
All students would just check i.
There was a vulnerability
that he was willing to give.
To students and allow them to have with him.
So there was a transparency and
you can tell they loved him. And those
students plan to honor him, remr
everything he's told me and tryd
push myself as hard as I can and
by carrying on his legacy.
Isaiah Kim Martinez,
WHS 1119. On Your side
Today in Washington, the Catholc
University community gathered fa
prayer service in Emerson's hon.
Organizers say while Emerson
was not part of their community,
they wanted to pray for him, his family.
And the police officers
working to solve his case,
any loss of innocent life, you ,
we we lament and we mourn and so that's
why we came together this morni.
Even though the deceased,
it's not someone we knew.
It's not even someone local to our area.
But still we we're saddened by
the by by the loss of his life,
shocked by the by the violence t
that that brought it about it.
In a statement, the university
says they are working with DC
police in their investigation.
A man who pleaded guilty to killing a
four year old girl from Shelbyve
received his sentence today.
Dakota Hill apologizing to Serey
Mckinney's family in the courtr.
I think of Serenity every single
day and at the time we had toger
and I think of how my choices he
taken all that away for everyone
and cutting her life short.
Hill receiving a 50 year sentene
after pleading guilty to murderg
the little girl and hiding her .
Hill was the girlfriend of Serenity's mother,
Catherine McKinney, also known as Abby.
She also pleaded guilty to manslaughter
in this case. I'm trying to
find forgiveness in him
and an Abby,
but that is that that takes tim.
You know when you break a bone,
it takes time for the bone to h.
Even though this pain,
I'd much rather have broken bones than
deal with this type of heartach.
Hill will be eligible for
parole after serving 85% of his
sentence and all new tonight.
WHS 11 News has learned that Gry
Awardwinning artist Carly Pierce
will be returning her $75,000 pt
to Jeffersonville city leaders.
Pierce originally canceled her
scheduled appearance at the Jammin and
Jeff concert due to the approacg
severe weather Saturday night,
Pierce's representative saying in Part
2 WHS 11 News in a statement tonight.
The advance deposit paid to Cars
in the process of being returne,
they added.
Pierce truly wishes she could
have performed as planned.
Jeffersonville Mayor Mike Moore,
also responding to WHS 11 News tonight,
originally called the situation
disheartening,
now telling us tonight that
he wishes Carly the best and
appreciates her refunding the m,
the 75,000.
Tonight,
a follow up to the story we brot
you last night right here on thW
HS1119A sizable crowd of neighbs
turning out tonight to tell the
state don't change Brownsboro R.
The plan would slow down speede,
add some bike lanes and better
turning lanes from Melwood Ave.
to Chenoweth Lane in Saint Matt.
As the night team's Taylor Woodd
photojournalist Elijah McKenzie show,
us residents are good with repa,
but that's about it.
Brownsboro, one of the oldest
and most traveled state roads in
Louisville and tonight people
have strong feelings about it.
Is a nightmare at 5:00 o'clock
crabby facts all the way up to.
A blueprint and presentation of Brownsboro
Roads Potential Right Sizing Prt
was shown to residents who liver
the street or use the road a lo.
I'm found this semis aren't
good on this kind of Rd.
Some of them are not too happy h
the plan to reduce the four lanes. My
biggest fair is traffic congestn
and somebody getting hurt and
it's going to slow down traffic.
I can tell you between 3:00 and 5:00.
And the project starts right here at the
intersection of Brownsboro and Melwood Ave.
going on a three mile stretch eg
right here at the intersectionsf
Brownsboro Road and Channel with Lane.
The purpose of this community conversation
could help change the design ofe
proposal or determine whether or
not the project actually happen.
For me, you know, I've lived sog
with the way it is that I'm kin,
I'm a little torn about what
I really feel should happen,
Metro Council Member Andrew Owens says.
The state's.
Main objective for these projecs
are for automobile safety.
This project will reduce the
street to three total lanes,
one going in each direction
with the turn lane in the center
and bike lanes on the sides.
When they can reduce a four lan.
down to three with a center turn lane,
that's where they focus their attention.
And it just so happens that right now we've
had a bunch in the 9th District recently,
Owen says. These lanes would alo
slow down aggressive drivers
lower the traffic speed.
I don't care, That doesn't both.
You can't have these heavy trucks going
down the street on the two Lane.
It's somebody's going to get killed in
the end. Some view this idea as
a dead end Taylor Woods for the
WHAS 11/8 team on your side.
By the way, if you weren't able
to go to the meeting tonight,
you can still share your feedback online.
We've got the link for you on WS
eleven.com right in this story tonight.