Five people are dead and at least nine 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. Latest updates on Louisville mass shooting:Four patients are still at UofL Hospital. One, Officer Wilt, is in critical condition. The rest are in fair, stable condition, the hospital said.Shooter purchased an AR-15 legally on April 4 from a Louisville gun dealership.Sen. McGarvey said shooter left a note and told at least one person he was suicidal.Vigil planned for Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Muhammad Ali Center.Body camera footage is expected to be released Tuesday afternoon. 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.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. Video above: Mayor Craig Greenberg on the death of Deana Eckert in deadly bank shooting”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 close 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 Tuesday, UofL Hospital said four patients are still being treated. Wilt is still in critical condition. The other three victims are considered stable and in fair condition. The others have been discharged.Police aren’t sure yet on a motive for the shooting, but called it a targeted attack.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.Police said in all, it was about nine minutes from the time of the assault, to the time the shooter was neutralized.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.A former employee told sister station WLKY that there is typically a sales meeting on Mondays around 8:30 a.m. – which is when the shooting happened.The FBI created a website to collect tips, images and videos. Please share any at at this website or call 502-574-LMPD.In one video provided by a WLKY viewer, multiple loud pops that sound like gunshots could be heard followed by someone screaming, “active shooter at the bank.”You can watch the video in the player below: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. 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. The bank is on the first floor and there are also condos in the 8-story building and other business tenants. At the scene, WLKY observed bullet holes in the front windows of the bank, and a front window shattered. Dozens of police cars and first responders had the area blocked off for hours.WLKY 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. According to the Associated Press, this was the 15th mass shooting so far this year in the U.S.
Five people are dead and at least nine 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.
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Latest updates on Louisville mass shooting:
- Four patients are still at UofL Hospital. One, Officer Wilt, is in critical condition. The rest are in fair, stable condition, the hospital said.
- Shooter purchased an AR-15 legally on April 4 from a Louisville gun dealership.
- Sen. McGarvey said shooter left a note and told at least one person he was suicidal.
- Vigil planned for Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Muhammad Ali Center.
- Body camera footage is expected to be released Tuesday afternoon.
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.
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.
Video above: Mayor Craig Greenberg on the death of Deana Eckert in deadly bank shooting
“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 close 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 Tuesday, UofL Hospital said four patients are still being treated. Wilt is still in critical condition. The other three victims are considered stable and in fair condition. The others have been discharged.
Police aren’t sure yet on a motive for the shooting, but called it a targeted attack.
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.
Police said in all, it was about nine minutes from the time of the assault, to the time the shooter was neutralized.
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.
A former employee told sister station WLKY that there is typically a sales meeting on Mondays around 8:30 a.m. – which is when the shooting happened.
The FBI created a website to collect tips, images and videos. Please share any at at this website or call 502-574-LMPD.
In one video provided by a WLKY viewer, multiple loud pops that sound like gunshots could be heard followed by someone screaming, “active shooter at the bank.”
You can watch the video in the player below:
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.
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. The bank is on the first floor and there are also condos in the 8-story building and other business tenants.
At the scene, WLKY observed bullet holes in the front windows of the bank, and a front window shattered.
Dozens of police cars and first responders had the area blocked off for hours.
WLKY 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.
According to the Associated Press, this was the 15th mass shooting so far this year in the U.S.
