LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A lawsuit by a former Louisville Metro Police detective who sued the department for firing him after he allegedly threatened to kill other officers has been dismissed.
LMPD fired Christopher Palombi March 2022 after he “made statements that you were going to bring guns to the Homicide Unit and kill people,” including members of the command staff, according to the chief at the time, Erika Shields. Palombi was never charged.
Attorney Thomas Clay filed a lawsuit in June 2022 claiming Palombi had Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after serving time as a combat medic in a U.S. Army infantry platoon in Afghanistan. When Palombi left the military, he enrolled in and graduated from the LMPD training academy…