“There is no body-worn camera footage of the initial encounter,” a Louisville police spokesman told ESPN via email. “The incident is under review internally and will proceed through the judicial process. We would like to restate that all parties involved are fully cooperating. LMPD is committed to a thorough investigation for all involved.”
After a fatality earlier in the morning when a vendor was struck and killed by a shuttle bus, some police officers were directing traffic around Valhalla. While trying to enter the course, Scheffler, who his attorney Steven Romines said was unaware of the earlier tragedy, allegedly ignored Gillis’ instructions and began to drive on a median. The police report claims Gillis, who grabbed onto Scheffler’s car, was dragged for several yards, sustaining injuries to himself and destroying his pants.
Scheffler is facing charges of second-degree assault of a police officer, which is a felony, as well as third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving, and disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic, which are all misdemeanors.
When asked by a reporter from the Louisville Courier-Journal if the charges against Scheffler would be dismissed, Mayor Greenberg sidestepped the question.
“Right now, the case is in the hands of our county attorney, and we’ll let the legal process play out,” he said.
Scheffler’s arraignment is set to take place on Tuesday at 9 a.m. ET.
Scottie Scheffler 8 strokes back at PGA Championship after arrest
Scottie Scheffler was arrested and officially booked into jail in Louisville at 7:28 a.m. ET on Friday, about two and a half hours before he was set to tee off for the second round of the PGA Championship at Valhalla. About an hour later, Scheffler was released from jail and made his way back to the course, where he quickly practiced and teed off.
After everything that had happened on Friday morning, it would have been more than understandable if Scheffler, who recorded a 4-under 67 on Thursday, fell apart on Friday. Quite the opposite happened, though, as Scheffler birdied his first hole of round two and shot a 5-under 66 to enter the weekend in a tie for fourth place at -9.
Saturday proved to be the round many thought we would see from Scheffler on Friday. After a par on the first hole, Scheffler double-bogeyed the second and bogeyed the third and fourth holes, matching the number of bogeys he had combined through the first two days.
Scheffler ultimately finished Saturday with a 2-over 73, pretty much taking him out of contention to win his second consecutive and third total PGA Tour major. Scheffler enters the final round on Sunday in a tie for 24th at -7 for the tournament. He is eight strokes back of the co-leaders, Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa, who are -15 after three rounds.
