2018 Jeffersontown shooting
On October 24, 2018, a man and woman were shot and killed by a gunman at a Kroger grocery store in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, a suburb of Louisville.
| Jeffersontown Kroger shooting | |
|---|---|
| Part of racism against African Americans | |
| Location | Jeffersontown, Kentucky |
| Date | October 24, 2018 2:30 pm (Eastern) |
Attack type | Shooting |
| Deaths | 2 |
| Perpetrator | Gregory A. Bush |
The suspect was Gregory A. Bush, age 51 who also exchanged gunfire with a bystander outside the store. After his arrest, Bush was initially charged in state court with two counts of murder and ten counts of wanton endangerment, and held on $5 million bail.
On November 15, 2018, a federal grand jury in the Western District of Kentucky indicted Bush on six counts: three hate crime charges and three firearms offenses. He was revealed to have made many online postings that were racially discriminatory. At a court hearing in July 2019, Bush was found mentally competent to stand trial following a psychiatric evaluation. On December 15, 2020, Bush was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.