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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A man is dead after attempting to carjack undercover Louisville Metro Police officers in the Portland neighborhood on Monday, police officials said.

Interim LMPD Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said officers with the department's Fugitive Unit were conducting an investigation near the intersection of 22nd and Griffiths Avenue.

Around 1:30 p.m., a man believed to be in his 20s attempted to carjack the officers with a gun. The suspect was shot by an officer who has been with the department for more than a decade, Villaroel said.

Officers then began rendering aid and the man was transported to the University of Louisville Hospital but died shortly after arriving.