On Monday morning inside a bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, a 23-year-old man with a rifle shot and murdered four other employees, according to the police. In the attack, nine additional people suffered injuries, three of them seriously. After exchanging gunfire on the site, the police shot and killed the suspect, who they claimed was live-streaming the shooting spree.
According to Paul Humphrey, the deputy chief of the Louisville Metro Police Department, shots were fired at the Old National Bank around 8:30 a.m. When police arrived on the scene, they "met the suspect nearly immediately, still firing firearms."
The shooter, whose identity was not immediately made public, was also confirmed dead at the scene, according to Chief Humphrey. He remarked, "At this point, we do not really know the circumstances of his demise.
The shooter may have been a current or former employee of the bank, according to the police, who did not provide a motive for the incident. At a news conference, Chief Humphrey stated, "We believe this is a lone gunman involved in this who did have a relationship to the bank."
According to the deputy chief, four individuals were killed inside the bank, and eight people, including a police officer, were brought to a local hospital. He stated that two persons, including a police officer who underwent surgery on Monday morning, were in critical condition.
At this moment, the public is not aware of any active danger, according to Chief Humphrey.
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When officers arrived at the Old National Bank building, the gunman was “still firing gunshots,” said Paul Humphrey, the deputy chief of the Louisville Metro Police Department. |
The Louisville Bats' minor league baseball stadium, Louisville Slugger Field, is direct across the street from the bank. There are numerous hotels and residential buildings in the region.
According to a spokeswoman, Heather Fountaine, nine people from the shooting—including two police officers—were treated at the University of Louisville Hospital. She claimed that by early Monday afternoon, at least three of the patients had been released.
On Monday, James Ryan, the chairman, and CEO of Old National Bank, accompanied other officials to the facility in Louisville.
“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 wait for more information, we are providing staff aid support and keeping everyone affected by this tragedy in our thoughts and prayers."
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear visited the shooting scene and was visibly upset during the Monday morning press conference.
It's terrible, he remarked. "One of my closest friends passed away today. In addition, I have a close buddy who I thought would survive and who is currently in the hospital but didn't. So I hope people will pray when we talk about it.
The governor claimed to have known "nearly everyone" inside the bank building where he had run his attorney general campaign. "That's my bank," he said.
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Democratic state representative Keturah Herron, who represents a portion of Louisville, said on Twitter that "outrage and passion" are necessary "as we hold our community tighter."
"We shouldn't have to live in a war zone," she remarked.
The incident left Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell and his wife, former transportation secretary Elaine Chao, "devastated," the Republican from Kentucky said on Twitter. As we wait for additional details, he stated, "We send our sympathies to the victims, their families, and the city of Louisville."
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“This is awful,” Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky said at a news conference. “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.” |
in The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the F.B.I. said that they were assisting with the response.
A man was shot and killed and a woman was hurt in a shooting that happened later that morning outside Jefferson Community and Technical College, less than two miles from the bank, while the police department was still looking into the shooting at the bank. That shooting's cause was not immediately known, but the police claimed there was no connection between the two shootings. About the second incident, the Police Department stated on Twitter that "the suspects left before the arrival of authorities."
According to police spokesperson Aaron Ellis, authorities inspected Jefferson Community Technical College's campus "due to the location of this shooting" to make sure the college was free of any potential threats.
The college closed all of its campuses and canceled classes "out of respect for those affected in the shootings that have transpired today," it said. The technical campus of the college remained under lockdown at noon on Monday.
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