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Gun in deadly Louisville shooting will be auctioned off Kentucky bank shooting: Bodycam video shows police under fire
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WATCH: Louisville police release footage of shooting response
WATCH: Louisville police release footage of shooting response
Police in Louisville, Kentucky, have released bodycam footage of the fatal shootout between police and a banker who gunned down colleagues on Monday.
The video shows two officers getting shot as they advance towards the lurking gunman.
One officer was hit in the head, while the other suffered a graze wound before killing the suspect.
Deputy Police Chief Paul Humphrey said the videos show the officers heroically intervening to save lives.
The gunman fatally shot five colleagues before police killed him. Four people - including the police officer who was shot in the head - remain in hospital.
Police say the 25-year-old suspect used a legally purchased AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle during the attack, which he was live-streaming.
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Officers arrived three minutes after the first emergency call was placed at 08:38 local time.
Officer Cory Galloway and rookie Officer Nickolas Wilt charged toward the building after their patrol car came under fire, according to the video.
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The legally purchased AR-15-style rifle used in a deadly workplace shooting at a bank in Louisville will probably be auctioned to the public, officials say. The clip shows that as they move up the stairs to the building entrance, a barrage of shots are fired. Officer Wilt was hit, although the video does not show this.
At a news conference one day after five people were killed, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg called for a change in the way confiscated guns are handled. A bullet also grazed Officer Galloway's shoulder, sending him diving to the bottom of the steps for cover behind a concrete planter.
Four people - including a police officer - remain in hospital. "The shooter has an angle on that officer," he says to other police as they arrive. "We need to get up there. I don't know where he's at, the glass is blocking him."
The semi-automatic weapon had been purchased by the killer, a junior bank employee, on 4 April. The gunman was at an elevated position to the officers, and was able to see outside through glass windows of the Old National Bank that officers could not see into.
Mayor Greenberg, who nearly died in a shooting at his campaign office last year, has previously criticised Kentucky's policy for guns seized by police. After he fired again at the officers, breaking the glass, Officer Galloway was able to spot the suspect and fired at him until he collapsed in the building's lobby area.
"I think I got him down. I think he's down," he is heard shouting. "Suspect down. Get the officer."
Deputy Chief Humphrey says the officers' actions saved lives, both by stopping the gunman from killing more employees and by giving first aid to the victims.
Officer Wilt, 26, who had been sworn in to the force 10 days earlier, was taken to hospital in a police car. He remains in a critical condition.
Another officer drove an ambulance to hospital so medical workers could remain in the back of the vehicle with a victim.
Meanwhile, the legally purchased AR-15-style rifle used by the killer will probably be auctioned to the public, officials say.
Under current state law, guns confiscated by local police - including those used in homicides - are returned to state police and then made available for purchase at auction.Under current state law, guns confiscated by local police - including those used in homicides - are returned to state police and then made available for purchase at auction.
In February, the mayor ordered local police to temporarily disable seized weapons and affix warning labels before handing them over to state police for resale. In February, the Louisville mayor ordered local police to temporarily disable seized weapons before handing them over to state police for resale.
The labels, which bear some resemblance to the health warnings on cigarette packages, say: "Deadly weapons like this one caused 146 homicides by gunshot wound in Louisville in 2022. Fourteen of those deaths were children." Mayor Craig Greenberg said at news conference on Tuesday: "Under current Kentucky law, the assault rifle that was used to murder five of our neighbours and shoot at rescuing police officers will one day be auctioned off.
"Under current Kentucky law, the assault rifle that was used to murder five of our neighbours and shoot at rescuing police officers will one day be auctioned off," Mr Greenberg said at Tuesday's news conference. "Think about that. That murder weapon will be back on the streets." "Think about that. That murder weapon will be back on the streets."
Meanwhile, police confirmed that bodycam footage captured by first responders who attended the scene at Old National Bank in downtown Louisville will be released later.
A police officer who graduated into the force last month was struck in the head on Monday and remains in critical condition at Louisville hospital, officials said. He is identified as Louisville Metro officer Nickolas Wilt, 26.
Three more survivors are still at the University of Louisville Hospital in fair but stable condition, the hospital said.
The victims killed in the shooting have all been identified:
Thomas Elliott, 63
James Tutt, 64
Joshua Barrick, 40
Julianna Farmer, 45
Deana Eckert, 57
Data compiled by the Gun Violence Archive shows there have been at least 147 mass shootings - defined as those in which at least four people were shot - so far in 2023, including at least 16 since the start of April.
Mr Greenberg said 40 people in the city of about 628,000 have died from gun violence this year. 
Jason Smith, chief medical officer at University of Louisville Health, who has led care for those injured, became emotional as he told reporters: "When you hear someone screaming mommy or daddy, it just becomes too hard to come in day in and day out and do that.
"Sooner or later it catches up to everybody."
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Police say the 25-year-old suspect used an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle during the incident and was broadcasting the shooting online.
He bought the gun from a local store, Louisville Metro Police Department interim chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel told Tuesday's news conference.
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The attacker was a current employee of Old National Bank, officials said. He had no previous contact with law enforcement.
Kentucky is one of 26 states that allow most adults over 21 years old to purchase and carry a firearm without a licence.
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