Kentucky police detain suspect after ‘assassination attempt’ of candidate

Craig Greenberg, a Democratic hopeful for mayor of Louisville, was apparent target of the shooter, but police have no motive

Police in Kentucky have detained a person suspected of a Monday morning assassination attempt" on a Democratic party candidate for Louisville city mayor.

The Louisville Metro police chief Erika Shields said at a lunchtime press conference that the unidentified shooter entered Craig Greenberg's fourth-floor suite in a downtown office building at about 10.15am and fired multiple shots.