Suspect is still on the loose after an escaped prisoner in eastern Jefferson County briefly kidnapped 2 victims

Police searching for an escaped inmate Thursday morning said the suspect jumped out of a transport vehicle, ran across the highway and later kidnapped two victims.

According to Aaron Ellis, a spokesperson for the Louisville Metro Police Department, the incident took place shortly before 9 a.m.

Ellis said officers were called to the interchange of Interstate 71 and Interstate 265 after someone reported seeing a man in orange clothing running across all lanes of the Gene Snyder.

At the same time, a Trimble County deputy jailer reported that he was transporting an inmate, 31-year-old Norman K. Wolfe, when Wolfe kicked out the back window, jumped out of the unmarked vehicle and ran away. 

After arriving on the scene, police began a coordinated search for Wolfe. According to court documents, he is currently charged with first-degree burglary, fleeing and evading police and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.

Court documents show he was also scheduled to appear in Trimble County Circuit Court for a hearing Thursday morning.

Police said not long afterward, just after 10 a.m., Wolfe kidnapped two people from the 8500 block of Brownsboro Road, near Goose Creek Road. He then allegedly forced them to drive him to an area near the intersection of River Road and Edith Road near Louisville Champions Park.

The victims were unharmed.

Wolfe is still on the loose.

Several Jefferson County Public Schools were briefly placed on heightened security because his escape. A spokesperson for Jefferson County Public Schools said several schools in the area canceled outdoor activities until police give the all clear.

Those schools included Norton Commons Elementary School, Ballard High School, Kammerer Middle School, Bowen Elementary School, Norton Elementary School, Chancey Elementary School, Wilder Elementary School and Zachary Taylor Elementary School.

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