LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Attorneys for former Louisville Metro Police officer Nathan Stotts are seeking immunity from prosecution, arguing the Commonwealth cannot prove his May 30 shooting was unlawful. A motion hearing is scheduled for Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. in Jefferson Circuit Court.
Stotts was the only responding officer to a disturbance call at a home on Cromarty Way in May. According to the motion filed by Stotts’ attorneys, 27-year-old Martin Nitzken assaulted five people, destroyed property with a shutter he tore from a house and severely injured multiple victims, including dislocating a man’s shoulder.
Body camera video released by LMPD showed Stotts walking toward Nitzken, repeatedly ordering him to put his hands up and stop walking. Nitzken continued advancing toward the officer and was shot. Nitzken died from the gunshot wound, which the coroner ruled a homicide…