Two Louisville teens arrested after police say they fired a stolen gun into the air downtown

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Nov. 14) — Two teenagers are in custody after Louisville police say they fired a stolen handgun into the air on West Market Street, setting off an active aggressor call near a downtown addiction treatment center Friday morning.

Officers were sent to the area around 10:40 a.m. after the report came in, WLKY reported. The scene was near The Healing Place, a drug and alcohol recovery program. When police got there, they found no active threat. Instead, they learned two teens had been shooting into the air.

Police caught up with the pair near Chapel Street and took them into custody without incident, WHAS11 reported. Investigators later found the gun they had was reported stolen. Charges are pending, and police have not released the teens' names or ages.

The Healing Place went on a brief lockdown to protect clients and staff and has since gone back to normal operations, according to WDRB+WAVE. The program said the incident had nothing to do with anyone who works there or gets services there. No one was hurt.

Louisville Metro Police said in a statement that the call "could have had a much different outcome," and credited officers, dispatchers and the department's Real-Time Crime Center for wrapping it up quickly. The investigation is ongoing.