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JCTC
Fatal shooting outside a downtown campus building; all campuses closed for the day
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On the morning of April 10, 2023, a man was shot and killed and a woman wounded outside JCTC's Technical Campus at 8th and Chestnut streets in downtown Louisville. The 24-year-old man died at the scene, and the college confirmed there was 'no active aggressor' and closed all campuses for the day, hours after the deadly Old National Bank mass shooting elsewhere in the city.
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Documented Timeline
Alert Sequence
2 messages in sequence · 1 verified verbatim
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All Jefferson Campuses are clear and closed for the day out of respect for those involved in shootings that have occurred today in our City. We can confirm there was a shooting OUTSIDE of the Technical Campus Building A, and there is no active aggressor on our campuses.
JCTC stressed the shooting was OUTSIDE Technical Campus Building A and that there was 'no active aggressor on our campuses,' language meant to defuse active-shooter fears.
The phrase 'out of respect for those involved in shootings that have occurred today in our City' references the Old National Bank mass shooting that killed five people in Louisville the same morning.
The capitalization of OUTSIDE is preserved exactly from the official statement as an emphasis marker.
Context
Background
Jefferson Community and Technical College's downtown Technical Campus sits at 8th and Chestnut streets in Louisville. On the morning of April 10, 2023, hours after a gunman killed five people at the Old National Bank elsewhere in downtown Louisville, a separate shooting outside JCTC left a 24-year-old man dead and a woman injured. WAVE 3 and WDRB reported the victims were shot outside and the suspects fled before police arrived. WHAS 11 quoted JCTC confirming the shooting was outside Technical Campus Building A and that there was no active aggressor on campus; the college closed all campuses for the day. The victim was identified by WDRB as a 24-year-old man, and WAVE 3 later reported that Chrishawn Chaz Philpot, 26, was charged with complicity to murder. The case shows the messaging challenge of a real but non-active-shooter homicide on a college's doorstep on a day the city was already on edge.
Analysis
Key Findings
A man was killed and a woman wounded outside JCTC's Technical Campus Building A; the suspects fled before police arrived
JCTC's official statement explicitly told the community there was 'no active aggressor on our campuses' to counter active-shooter fears
The incident occurred the same morning as the Old National Bank mass shooting that killed five people elsewhere in Louisville
All JCTC campuses closed for the day; Chrishawn Chaz Philpot was later charged with complicity to murder
Outcome
The 24-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene; a woman was taken to University of Louisville Hospital. The suspects fled before police arrived. Chrishawn Chaz Philpot, 26, was later charged with complicity to murder, assault, and being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun.
Provenance
Sources
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Cite this case
Campus Alert Archive. "Jefferson Community and Technical College: Fatal shooting outside a downtown campus building; all campuses closed for the day." Incident of April 10, 2023. Added May 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/jefferson-community-technical-college-shooting-2023-04-10/
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Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion