2 Dead, 1 Injured in Shooting Near Kentucky Courthouse, Suspect Shoots Self After Police Standoff

2 Dead, 1 Injured in Shooting Near Kentucky Courthouse, Suspect Shoots Self After Police Standoff
A mural in a parking lot is pictured near the Hardin County Justice Center, where a triple shooting occurred in Elizabethtown, Ky., on Aug. 19, 2024. Bruce Schreiner/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky.—A gunman who fatally shot a mother and daughter and injured another man outside a Kentucky courthouse led police on a highway pursuit before shooting himself Monday, police said.

The suspect, Christopher Elder, 46, was in critical condition after suffering a gunshot wound, Elizabethtown police said.