Bank worker fatally shot five colleagues in Louisville
The gunman was shot and killed at the scene. It was not clear if he was killed by the police or committed suicide.
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A 23-year-old bank employee armed with a shotgun shot dead five colleagues and injured nine others at his Louisville workplace on Monday while live-streaming the attack on social media, Louisville police said.
Mass shooting
Louisville police said the gunman was shot and killed at the scene. It was not clear if he was killed by the police or committed suicide.
This incident was the latest in a long line of mass shootings in the United States.
Louisville police have identified the shooter as Connor Sturgeon, who joined the downtown branch of Old National Bank as a full-time employee last year.
Police said they responded within minutes to reports of the attacker at about 8:30 a.m. at the bank's office near Slugger Field.
Shoot the gunman
Police Chief Jacqueline Gwen Villarroel told reporters that officers shot the gunman, who was carrying a rifle. It added that the attacker posted live video footage of his attack on social media.
The dead were identified as Joshua Barrick, 40. Diana Eckert, 57, Thomas Elliott, 63; Juliana Farmer, 45; and James Tutt, 64.
Two police officers were among the nine injured
Two police officers were among the nine injured. A 26-year-old police academy graduate was shot in the head and remains in critical condition after brain surgery on Monday, police said.
A hospital spokesperson said the nine victims were treated at the University of Louisville Hospital. Two other victims are also in critical condition.
Bank apprentice
It was not immediately clear what the shooter's job status was at the bank on Monday. Gwen Villarroel said in a press conference that he was working there. CNN, citing confidential law enforcement sources, said he had been notified he was being fired.
Sturgeon grew up in southern Indiana, north of Louisville, according to his mother's Facebook page. The older of two boys, he attended Floyd Central High School in Floyds-Nobbs, Indiana, where he ran track and played basketball for the team coached by his father, Todd. He joined the University of Alabama in 2016 as a business administration student.
Sturgeon was a bank apprentice for three terms from 2018 to 2020 before becoming a full-time employee in 2022 as a portfolio banker, according to his LinkedIn profile page. The police chief said he had no prior contact with the Louisville police.
