Louisville Officers On Administrative Leave

{Louisville, Kentucky}...Louisville Metro Police Officers Lt. Greg Burns, Detective Dennis Beatty and Officer Paul Paris are on administrative leave while the police department investigates an incident that left 26 year old Norman G. Smith dead and officers Lt. Greg Burns and Kevin Smith injured Tuesday. Police say Norman Smith led officers on a chase after they responded to reports of shots fired in the area of 10th and Jefferson Streets about 12:30 P.M. When officers got to Nelligan Avenue, police say Smith got out of his vehicle and began firing at officers as he walked toward them. Jefferson County Deputy Coroner Jim Wesley says Norman Smith died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound through the mouth. Smith was released from Eastern Kentucky Correctional Center on November 1st after serving a sentence on a second-degree manslaughter charge after being convicted on January 19, 2010 in the shooting death of 19 year old Rayshon Myers.