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WEBVTT NIGHT, TO KEEP OURCOMMUNITIES SAFER.FOR MUCH OF WEDNESDAY, LMPDOFFICERS SEEN COMING AND GOINGFROM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ASOFFICER NICK RODMAN, INJURED THENIGHT BEFORE IN A HIGH CHASE, BATTLED TO SURVIVE.THEN LATE THAT AFTERNOON, THOSEVERY OFFICERS LINING UP OUTSIDETHE HOSPITAL TO HONOR ONE OFTHEIR OWN.CHOKING BACK EMOTION POLICECHIEF STEVE CONRAD CONFIRMEDRODMAN, A 3 YEAR VETERAN OF THEDEPARTMENT HAD DIED.HE PRAISED THE EFFORTS OF A TEAMOF TRAUMA AND NEUROSURGEONS.>> THEY WERE STILL TRYINGPROCEDURES AS LATE AS THISAFTERNOON.THEY WERE TRYING TO SAVE HIM ANDUNFORTUNATELY THEY WERE NOT ABLETO DO SO.NICK PASSED TODAY AT 3:40 P.M. REPORTER: THE SON OF AN LMPDTRAINING OFFICER, THE BROTHER OFA 4TH DIVISION OFFICER, NICKRODMAN SEEMED DESTINED TO BECOMEAN OFFICER.>> THEY ARE ONE OF OUR GREATLMPD POLICE FAMILIES.NICK DIED DOING WHAT HE WANTEDTO DO.HE DIED WHEN HE WAS BORN TO DO,SERVING THIS COMMUNITY.REPORTER: AND ON TUESDAY NIGHT,THE FIRST DIVISION OFFICER WIFETO ASHLEY AND FATHER TO3-YEAR-OLD MASON AND ONE MONTHOLD ELLIE JEAN HAD RESPONDED TOHELP OTHER OFFICERS ALREADYPURSUING A SUSPECT WANTED INCONNECTION TO A DOMESTICASSAULT.RODMAN HAD JUST JOINED IN WHENTHE SUSPECT FLEW THRU ANINTERSECTION NEAR 26TH ANDDUNCAN HITTING HIS PATROL CAR.FELLOW OFFICERS DROVE HIM TO THEHOSPITAL NOT WANTING TO WAIT FORAN AMBULANCE.AND THAT'S WHERE MANY STAYEDHOLDING OUT HOPE.BUT ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, THEYLINED UP SALUTING THE FLAGDRAPED BODY OF THEIR BROTHER.>> HE GAVE HIS LIFE.HE PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE,PROTECTING THE CITIZENS OFLOUISVILLE.>> NICK IS A HERO.HE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.REPORTER: BACK HERE LIVE, WE DONOT HAVE A LOT OF DETAILS ABOUTTOMORROW'S MEMORIAL INCLUDINGWHETHER OR NOT FAMILY WILL BEATTENDING.HOWEVER, ALL ARE WELCOME TOATTEND.REPORTING FROM JEFFERSON SQUARE,

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A Louisville Metro police officer injured in a crash during a pursuit Tuesday night has died. Officer Nick Rodman died at 3:40 p.m. Wednesday at University Hospital.Rodman leaves behind a wife, son and newborn daughter.He had been with LMPD for 3 years.Chief Steve Conrad said Rodman died doing what he loved, working as a police officer and serving the community.He was a 2005 graduate of Holy Cross High School.“Our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this difficult time,” the school said in a statement. An account has been opened at the Louisville Police Officers Credit Union in Rodman’s name.A ceremony for Rodman will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Jefferson Square police memorial.Before Wednesday afternoon’s Public Safety Committee meeting at Metro Hall, committee chairman David James called for a moment of silence.“Our law enforcement officers serve our community and put their lives on the line for that, and we have an officer fighting for his life right now at University Hospital, and I'd like us to have a moment of silence,” James, a retired police officer, said, becoming emotional.He came to the meeting directly from University Hospital, where he spent about an hour with LMPD officers and family. James praised Rodman and his family for their decades of service to the communityMetro Council President David Yates also spent time at the hospital.“This is an incredibly sad day for all of us in Metro Louisvilleand for me personally. Officer Nick Rodman was a good and honorable policeofficer whom served with pride and distinction," Yates said. "Officer Rodman comes froma long line of public servants including his father and brother whom also serveour city as LMPD officers. I know his family is very proud of him as is hisbrothers and sisters in the LMPD. Let us hold his family, friends andloved ones close during this time of sorrow. The city has lost a dedicatedpeace keeper. May we follow his example of service.”The crash was reported at around 8 p.m. Tuesday at 26th and Duncan streets. Conrad said the crash happened as Rodman was joining the high-speed pursuit of a man allegedly involved in a domestic incident where shots were fired. Rodman came in from another direction and was hit in the intersection.After the crash, Rodman's car caught fire. Officers freed him and drove him directly to the hospital for help."It was just awful," neighbor D.J. Darnell said. "It was a sound I've never heard before. I mean, it is a sight I've never seen before."Darnell said she was one of several neighbors to witness the crash and run to help."By the time I got down there, the other police officers were already pulling him out of his car," Darnell said.The officer's police cruiser was heavily damaged in the crash. "I went down there and looked," neighbor Stan Kraft said. "I saw the two cars and they was smashed up bad. Real bad."The police chief said the shooting suspect is in custody and being charged with murder, assault, wanton endangerment and other charges.Mayor Greg Fischer asked the community to keep the officer and his family in their prayers. “Please keep them in your thoughts and in your prayers. That’s what’s needed at this time. The family has appreciated all your thoughts and prayers from the city thus far, and all the support from the family that is LMPD and the family that is Louisville metro government. So I just ask everybody, please, please, please just keep them in your thought and prayers and let’s hope this turns out OK," Fischer said. The driver of the other car was also injured and taken to the hospital. He is expected to survive.