Louisville bank shooting: 5 killed, multiple injured in 'targeted attack' by employee
Five people are dead and at least eight were wounded during a mass shooting Monday morning at a downtown Louisville bank. The shooter is also dead.
Police said officers were called around 8:30 a.m. Monday to Old National Bank on Main Street. They were on scene within three minutes and the entire incident lasted about nine minutes.
When they arrived, they encountered an active shooter inside with an AR-15 rifle. He has been identified as Connor Sturgeon, 25, an employee of the bank.
LMPD said Sturgeon fired at police, they fired back, and they then "stopped that threat."
It's unclear how many rounds were fired, but more than eight were heard just in video from police. Body camera video was released Tuesday evening:
The five people who died were employees of the bank. Tommy Elliott, 63, Jim Tutt, 64, Josh Barrick, 40, and Juliana Farmer, 45, died early in the day.
LMPD sent out an update around 9 p.m. Monday saying that 57-year-old employee Deana Eckert also died, making her the fifth victim.
"We lost four (now 5) children of God today, one of whom was one of my closest friends," Beshear said.
Elliott, senior vice president, was a good friend of both Gov. Andy Beshear, Mayor Craig Greenberg and other local leaders.
Nine people were hospitalized in all, including at least three police officers. One LMPD officer, Nickolas Wilt, 26, was shot in the head and received brain surgery at UofL Hospital.
On Monday, April 17, UofL Hospital said Wilt still being treated. The other victims have all been discharged.
LMPD's Paul Humphrey said a lot of people in the bank that day ran or hid. "We do know that people saved their own lives yesterday," he said.
Police aren't sure yet on a motive for the shooting, but called it a targeted attack.
We're also told by a former employee that there is typically a sales meeting on Monday's around 8:30 a.m. -- which is when the shooting happened.
Sen. Morgan McGarvey said Tuesday that the shooter left a note, and texted at least one person prior to the shooting to let them know he was suicidal.
The shooter did livestream the shooting somewhere on social media, but Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said it was removed.
SWAT swarmed his home in south Louisville later in the afternoon. LMPD said Tuesday that they gathered items from the home, but did not give details as to what.
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In one video provided by a 비바카지노 Viva viewer, multiple loud pops that sound like gunshots could be heard followed by someone screaming, "active shooter at the bank."
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President Joe Biden posted on Twitter that the shooting was a "senseless act of gun violence" and offered his prayers for the victims and others impacted.
A community-wide vigil will be held Wednesday at 5 p.m. at the Muhammad Ali Center. Beshear ordered flags be flown at half-staff until sunset on Friday.
The building that houses the bank is near Louisville Slugger Field in the heart of downtown. You may recognize the building by its unique triangular, green roof. The bank is on the first floor and there are also condos in the 8-story building and other business tenants.
Reaction from people at the scene:
At the scene, 비바카지노 Viva observed bullet holes in the front windows of the bank, and a front window completely shattered.
Dozens of police cars and first responders had the area blocked off for hours.
We spoke to a man Monday who said his wife called him while she was hiding in the vault at the bank:
A day after the shooting, people began laying flowers and memorials outside the bank in honor of the victims.
The mayor is encouraging people to donate blood, as 170 units were needed just Monday to help the victims.
According to the Associated Press, this was the 15th mass shooting so far this year in the US.