LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A police officer involved in the fatal shooting of West End business owner David McAtee had celebrated earlier on Facebook when a protester was shot by pepper balls.

 Officer Katie Crews, who was placed on administrative reassignment Monday in the fatal shooting, posted a Courier Journal photo of a protester across from her and said, "I hope the pepper balls that she got lit up with a little later on hurt."

 A screenshot of the post circulated on social media sites.


 New Police Chief Robert Schroeder said Monday night he is aware of the post and started a professional standards investigation into it. 


 The photo in Crews' post, taken Thursday, shows a protester offering flowers to Crews.

 "She was saying and doing a lot more than ‘offering flowers’ to me. Just so for it to be known," Crews wrote in the post. "For anyone that knows me and knows that facial expression tells everything."

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