The employee who was involved in what Louisville Metro Police called an "altercation" that left a man dead is no longer employed at Nowhere Bar, the bar told The Courier Journal on Thursday.

"We can confirm that the employee involved in the incident is no longer employed at Nowhere Bar," the business said in an email.

The employee still hasn't been identified.

Sunday around 1:15 am., police responded to the trendy bar on Bardstown Road and found an "unresponsive" Christopher McKinney, 35, whom an employee was escorting out of the bar for "unruly behavior," police spokesman Lamont Washington said.

McKinney was taken to the University of Louisville Hospital and later died, police reported.

Nowhere Bar issued a statement on the incident Monday night extending "our deepest sympathies" to McKinney's family and vowing it has a "number one priority to provide a safe environment for all of our customers."

McKinney worked as a brand manager for Ralph Lauren, according to an obituary published by Ratterman Brothers. His family has since hired an attorney.

Once the police investigation is complete, the case will be given to the commonwealth's attorney "to determine how to proceed," Washington said.

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