Kentucky State Police investigators are investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred overnight in Mayfield.
According to a KSP release, troopers responded about 3 a.m. Friday to a report of an armed man walking in the 800 block of West Lee Street in Mayfield. Mayfield Police Department officers responded to the area, as well, and located a man in a nearby yard believed to be the suspect, according to KSP.
Shortly thereafter, shots were fired and the suspect was hit. The suspect, later identified as Andrew R. Chamberlain, 23, of Hickory, was taken by Mayfield-Graves EMS to Jackson Purchase Medical Center. He was later flown by Air Evac to another hospital for continued treatment.
The Kentucky State Police Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) secured the scene and have continued the investigation.
The identity of the officer involved in the shooting had not been released as of 11:30 a.m. Friday.