High-speed chase ends with homicide suspect in custody

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Officers from several agencies pursued a vehicle through multiple counties before he was taken into custody late Thursday night.

The man’s name has not been released, but WAVE 3 News has confirmed he is wanted in a homicide case in Anderson County.

Kentucky State Police officials in Frankfort said the man drove away from troopers in Anderson County, and headed east.

The suspect led officers through Anderson, Franklin and Shelby counties before the chase ended on the Watterson Expressway near Taylorsville Road in Jefferson County before 11 p.m.

WAVE 3 News traffic cameras saw the chase as it twisted through downtown Louisville, and when the driver left I-64 for Interstate 264 East.