Family speaks on moments leading up to fatal shooting in Southwest Louisville

One man is dead and a man has been arrested after a shooting in southwest Louisville.The shooting was reported just after 11 p.m. Tuesday in the 3200 block of Springfield Drive, near Saint Andrews Church Road.Family members of the victim identified him as Steven Oerther, 59, of Louisville. Police arrested Edward Lackington, 60, in connection with the shooting.According to an arrest slip, when they arrived at the scene, Lackington approached officers with his hands in the air and eventually made utterances to officers that he shot the victim.Officials said Lackington gave a Mirandized statement to detectives providing information that he shot the victim.The victim’s daughter, Melissa Oerther, said the suspect and victim lived in the same apartment complex where the shooting took place. She said her father was the fiancé of Lackington’s sister and the two of them knew each other for 20 years.Oerther told WLKY’s Tre Ward her father was apparently drunk and acting belligerently when Lackington fired one shot in their apartment’s hallway."I never heard anything about them being this irate ever with each other,” Oerther said. “I just know that one person was sober and one person was not, and the person who was sober should've made a better judgment and called the police."WLKY is still working to confirm what caused Lackington to allegedly pull the trigger. Lackington is charged with murder. Oerther’s funeral arrangements are pending. To help the family raise money for his funeral, donations can be made to Maraman-Billings Funeral Home in Shepherdsville by contacting the number 502-955-9771.

One man is dead and a man has been arrested after a shooting in southwest Louisville.

The shooting was reported just after 11 p.m. Tuesday in the 3200 block of Springfield Drive, near Saint Andrews Church Road.


Family members of the victim identified him as Steven Oerther, 59, of Louisville. Police arrested Edward Lackington, 60, in connection with the shooting.

According to an arrest slip, when they arrived at the scene, Lackington approached officers with his hands in the air and eventually made utterances to officers that he shot the victim.

Officials said Lackington gave a Mirandized statement to detectives providing information that he shot the victim.

The victim’s daughter, Melissa Oerther, said the suspect and victim lived in the same apartment complex where the shooting took place. She said her father was the fiancé of Lackington’s sister and the two of them knew each other for 20 years.

Oerther told WLKY’s Tre Ward her father was apparently drunk and acting belligerently when Lackington fired one shot in their apartment’s hallway.

"I never heard anything about them being this irate ever with each other,” Oerther said. “I just know that one person was sober and one person was not, and the person who was sober should've made a better judgment and called the police."

WLKY is still working to confirm what caused Lackington to allegedly pull the trigger. Lackington is charged with murder.

Oerther’s funeral arrangements are pending. To help the family raise money for his funeral, donations can be made to Maraman-Billings Funeral Home in Shepherdsville by contacting the number 502-955-9771.