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Suspect in deadly carjacking arrested after search

Louisville police said Jennifer Kemp shot a woman, took her car and left the scene Friday morning.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville police have arrested a suspect after one woman was shot in the California neighborhood during a carjacking Friday morning.

Saturday the Jefferson County Coroners Office identified the victim as 57-year-old Vicki Betts.

LMPD said officers were responding to a call at Dixie Highway and Hale Ave. when they found Betts she had been shot. She was taken to UofL Hospital where she was later pronounced dead.

Police said 31-year-old Jennifer Kemp, pictured below, shot the woman and took her car. Police said Kemp's one-year-old son, Malakai Rashawn Goff Kemp, was with her. Kemp was arrested in Springfield, Kentucky, and the child is safe.

Credit: LMPD

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