Jewish candidate for Louisville mayor narrowly escapes shooting

A Jewish Democrat running to be mayor of Louisville, Kentucky says he is safe after a gunman shot at him, narrowly missing him.

“My team and I are fortunately all safe,” Craig Greenberg says in a message posted Monday on Twitter after the attack. “We are all with [Louisville Metro Police] now. I will provide an update as soon as possible. Thank you for the outpouring of support.”

My team and I are fortunately all safe. We are all with LMPD now. I will provide an update as soon as possible. Thank you for the outpouring of support.

— Mayor Craig Greenberg (@LouisvilleMayor) February 14, 2022

Louisville Metro Police Chief Erika Shields tells local media that one person has been arrested, and the suspect is thought to have acted alone. No motive is announced.

Shields says one bullet grazed Greenberg’s clothes, but did not hit him, according to local Fox affiliate WDRB.

Greenberg was reportedly fired on while at his office in the city’s Butchertown Market, a food and retail complex in the city’s forming meatpacking district.

LMPD has closed off the area around JBS Swift meat plant, Butchertown in Louisville. Police haven't said what's going on but Metro Council President David James says mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg was shot at, not injured, at campaign office. pic.twitter.com/KejGWEzLre

— Ryland Barton (@RylandKY) February 14, 2022

JTA contributed to this report.