LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Police arrested two teenagers this month for a shootout near a Louisville school bus stop, a dangerous scene that highlighted the city’s youth violence epidemic and renewed a push to reopen Louisville’s juvenile justice center.
It could be years before that happens, and some lawmakers said Thursday that’s unacceptable.
The shootout happened Aug. 7, the first day of class for Jefferson County Public Schools. A teenage boy was arrested shortly thereafter and faces dozens of charges, including 33 counts of wanton endangerment and one count of possession of a handgun by a minor. A second suspect, arrested Wednesday, faces the same charges…