According to USA Today
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – David McAtee, the owner of YaYa’s BBQ, was shot and killed by authorities early Monday morning, an incident under investigation by state and local police.
David would feed the police for free at his shop. Not once did he have a issue with the police.
McAtee was a “community pillar,” said his mother, Odessa Riley.
“He left a great legend behind. He was a good person. Everybody around him would say that,” she said. “My son didn’t hurt nobody. He didn’t do nothing to nobody.”
Riley was among the hundreds who swarmed the corner of 26th and Broadway on Monday where police and National Guard personnel were breaking up a “large crowd” in a parking lot, according to law enforcement officials.
Police Chief Steve Conrad said in a statement Monday that someone shot at officers, and officers and soldiers “returned fire.” The identities of the suspect and those who returned fire have not been released.
The police say they were returning fire but there is no proof they were shot at. All of the officers body cameras were turned off and have been placed on leave after the incident.