JCPS police officer stops to help man shot multiple times in downtown Louisville

AND JAMIE, WHAT THAT JSO OFFICER CALLED TO RESPOND TO THE SHOOTING. RICK. NO, HE WASN’T. HE SAYS HE WAS DRIVING BY WHEN HE NOTICED SOMEONE WHO NEEDED HELP. THAT’S WHEN HE PULLED OVER AND USED ALL OF HIS TRAINING TO HELP THE VICTIM. UNTIL EMS COULD RESPOND. SHORTLY AFTER, SHOTS RANG OUT IN DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE WEDNESDAY MORNING, JC POLICE OFFICER KEVIN HAYES TAYLOR STOPPED AT THE SCENE. I WAS JUST DRIVING DOWN BROADWAY. I WAS ACTUALLY ON MY WAY TO A SCHOOL AND I NOTICED, UH, AN ALTERCATION AND, UH, SOMEBODY NEEDED SOME HELP. SO I STOPPED. I PULLED OVER, AND HAYES TAYLOR BEGAN TO IMMEDIATELY RENDER AID TO A MAN WOUNDED BY GUNFIRE. THIS BODY CAM VIDEO CAPTURES THE MOMENTS WHEN HIS QUICK ACTIONS. LET’S GO. HURT. OKAY, WE’RE JUST GOING TO SAVE YOUR LIFE. HELP KEEP THE VICTIM ALIVE. EVERYBODY KEEPS TELLING ME, GOOD JOB. YOU SAVED A LIFE TODAY. I HONESTLY, I JUST I JUST FEEL LIKE I JUST DID EXACTLY WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO. LMPD SAYS THEY WERE CALLED TO NINTH AND BROADWAY AROUND 1030 WEDNESDAY MORNING. A MAN HAD BEEN SHOT SEVERAL TIMES. HAYES TAYLOR WAS THERE BEFORE EMS COULD ARRIVE AND IMMEDIATELY REACTED BY CALLING DISPATCH AND GETTING MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING THIS TOURNIQUET FROM HIS CAR, TO STOP THE BLEEDING. WE HAVE A LOT OF BLOOD THAT CAN EXIT YOUR BODY REALLY, REALLY FAST AND THEY SAY YOU CAN BLEED OUT AND DIE IN MINUTES. BUT HE WAS DETERMINED NOT TO LET THAT HAPPEN. ALL RIGHT, I’M GONNA GET YOU TOGETHER. THIS IS THE TYPE OF EMERGENCY HAYES TAYLOR SAYS HE WAS PREPARED TO RESPOND TO AFTER SERVING ROUGHLY 15 YEARS WITH THE KENTUCKY NATIONAL GUARD, BEING TRAINED AS A POLICE OFFICER AND HAVING THE UNFORTUNATE EXPERIENCE OF BEING SHOT HIMSELF. WHEN I SAW IT’S THE SAME EXACT PLACE THAT I WAS SHOT. SO WHEN I SAW IT, I KNEW HOW TO ACT SWIFT THINKING WHICH HELPED A VICTIM IN DISTRESS. I’M JUST HAPPY I WAS HEADED IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. HAD THE EQUIPMENT, HAD THE KNOWLEDGE AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. THAT’S JUST A BLESSING. GOD. GOD, I FEEL LIKE GOD PUT IT ALL TOGETHER THAT WAY. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. SO FAR, NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN CONNECTION TO THAT SHOOTING.