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4 Dead and 9 Injured in Shooting in Louisville, Ky., Police Say Gunman Kills 4 Co-workers at Louisville, Ky., Bank on Livestream, Police Say
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A 23-year-old man armed with a rifle shot and killed four fellow employees at a bank in downtown Louisville, Ky., on Monday morning, the police said. Nine others were wounded in the attack, three of them critically. The suspect, who the police said was livestreaming the rampage, was killed by the police after exchanging fire on the scene. A man in his 20s shot and killed four colleagues with a rifle at the bank where he worked in downtown Louisville, Ky., on Monday morning, the police said. Nine others were wounded in the attack, three of them critically. The suspect, who officials said was livestreaming the rampage, was killed by the police after exchanging fire on the scene.
Paul Humphrey, the deputy chief of the Louisville Metro Police Department, said that the police received calls around 8:30 a.m. about a shooting at Old National Bank and when they arrived on the scene, “they encountered the suspect almost immediately, still firing gunshots.” The police identified the four victims, all employees of Old National Bank, as Joshua Barrick, 40; Thomas Elliott, 63; Juliana Farmer, 45; and James Tutt, 64. Among the critically wounded was Nicholas Wilt, 26, who graduated from the police academy on March 31.
Chief Humphrey said that the gunman, whose name was not immediately released, was also confirmed dead at the scene. “We do not know exactly the circumstances of his death at this time,” he said. Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel of the Louisville Metro Police Department identified the shooter as Connor Sturgeon. According to a LinkedIn page, he had worked full time at the bank for nearly two years after interning there over previous summers. The police did not specify a motive.
The police did not give a motive for the shooting, but they said that the gunman had a connection to the bank and may have been a current or former employee. “We believe this is a lone gunman involved in this that did have a connection to the bank,” Chief Humphrey said at a news conference. Several national political figures, including President Biden, issued statements on Monday deploring the violence in Louisville and urging action on gun legislation, though Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, a Democrat, said that Monday ought to be focused on “friends and loved ones that are no longer with us.”
Four people were killed inside the bank, the deputy chief said, and at least eight people, including a police officer, were taken to a nearby hospital. He said that two people were in critical condition, including a police officer who was in surgery on Monday morning. Still, the morning that unfolded in Louisville was a snapshot of a country echoing with gunfire. Not long after the police had responded to the massacre at the bank, two people were shot, one fatally, outside of a community college less than two miles away. It was not immediately clear what led to that shooting.
“There is no active danger known to the public at this time,” Chief Humphrey said. “The two incidents appear to be entirely unrelated,” said Mayor Craig Greenberg of Louisville. “But they both took lives. They both leave people scarred, grieving and angry. I share all of those feelings myself right now.”
The bank is across the street from Louisville Slugger Field, a minor-league baseball stadium where the Louisville Bats play. The area includes many hotels and apartment complexes. “I’m a survivor of a workplace shooting,” said the mayor, who was shot at in his office last year by a young man with mental health troubles. “To the people who survived, whether you were physically hurt or not, I know that you’re hurting, too.”
The University of Louisville Hospital received nine patients, including two police officers, from the shooting, a spokeswoman, Heather Fountaine, said in an email. She said at least three of the patients had been discharged by early Monday afternoon. Chief Gwinn-Villaroel said that the police had received reports of shots fired at Old National Bank at 8:38 a.m. “Officers were on the scene within three minutes,” she said. “The suspect shot at officers, we then returned fire and stopped that threat.”
The chief executive of Old National Bank, Jim Ryan, traveled to the building in Louisville with other executives on Monday. The bank is in a crowded quarter of downtown Louisville, across the street from Louisville Slugger Field, a minor-league baseball stadium.
“The safety of Old National Bank employees and everyone we serve in our banking center locations is paramount,” Mr. Ryan said in a statement posted on Facebook. “As we await more details, we are deploying employee assistance support and keeping everyone affected by this tragedy in our thoughts and prayers.” The University of Louisville Hospital received nine patients, including two police officers, from the shooting, said Dr. Jason W. Smith, the chief medical officer at the hospital. Three of them had been released as of Monday afternoon, three remained in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and three were critically wounded and had required operations, Dr. Smith said. Officer Wilt had required brain surgery, he added.
Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky traveled to the scene of the shooting and was visibly emotional at the news conference on Monday morning. “They’ve got long roads ahead of them,” Dr. Smith said. “But if we can get through 24 hours, then we will take another 24 hours. And we will keep doing that until they get out of the hospital.”
“This is awful,” he said. “I have a very close friend that didn’t make it today. And I have another close friend who didn’t, either, and one who is at the hospital that I hope is going to make it through. So when we talk about praying, I hope people will.” “We lost four children of God today,” said Governor Beshear, who had to stop to collect his emotions as he spoke, “one of whom was one of my closest friends. Tommy Elliott helped me build my law career, helped me become governor, gave me advice on being a good dad. He’s one of the people I talk to most in the world and very rarely were we talking about my job. He was an incredible friend.”
The governor said that he had run his campaign for attorney general from the bank building and knew “virtually everyone” inside. “That’s my bank,” he said. Mr. Elliott was the senior vice president of Old National Bank, according to his LinkedIn profile.
The governor had run his 2015 campaign for state attorney general from the bank building, he said, adding that he knew “virtually everyone” inside. “That’s my bank,” he said.
State Representative Keturah Herron, a Democrat who represents part of Louisville, said on Twitter that “as we hold our community tighter,” there must also be “outrage and anger.”State Representative Keturah Herron, a Democrat who represents part of Louisville, said on Twitter that “as we hold our community tighter,” there must also be “outrage and anger.”
“We live in a war zone and we shouldn’t have to,” she said.“We live in a war zone and we shouldn’t have to,” she said.
Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, said on Twitter that he and his wife, the former transportation secretary Elaine Chao, were “devastated” by the shooting. “We send our prayers to the victims, their families, and the city of Louisville as we await more information,” he said.Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, said on Twitter that he and his wife, the former transportation secretary Elaine Chao, were “devastated” by the shooting. “We send our prayers to the victims, their families, and the city of Louisville as we await more information,” he said.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the F.B.I. said that they were assisting with the response.The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the F.B.I. said that they were assisting with the response.
The Police Department was still investigating the shooting at the bank when one man was fatally shot and a woman was injured in a shooting later at about 11 a.m. on Monday outside Jefferson Community and Technical College, less than two miles from the bank. It was not immediately clear what led to that shooting, but the police said that the two shootings were not connected.“The suspects fled prior to police arrival,” the Police Department said on Twitter of the second shooting. Reporting was contributed by Johnny Diaz and Jesus Jiménez.
Aaron Ellis, a spokesman for the police department said that, “due to the location of this shooting, officers searched Jefferson Community Technical College campus” to make sure the campus was cleared of any possible threats.
The college’s technical campus was still on lockdown midday Monday, and the school closed all of its campuses and canceled classes “out of reverence for those involved in shootings that have occurred today,” it said.
Johnny Diaz contributed reporting.