What to know about the Louisville shooting
- Five people were killed and eight others, including two officers, were wounded in a shooting at Old National Bank in downtown Louisville on Monday morning.
- The 25-year-old gunman, who was identified as a bank employee, died after police responded to the bank near Slugger Field, police said.
- The five victims were identified as Joshua Barrick, 40; Thomas Elliott, 63; Juliana Farmer, 45; and James Tutt, 64, and Deana Eckert, 57.
Former Old National employees mourn slain colleagues
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Former employees at Old National Bank were grieving friends and former colleagues Monday.
Tommy Elliott was remembered as outgoing and friendly and "one of the nicest people you will ever meet," said Kevin Luoma, 42, who worked at the bank for a year and a half and left in May.
"Tommy knew a lot of people. He was just a very important person to know. … You are proud to know Tommy, I’ll just say that.”
He was respected and well-regarded, said Debbie Moore, 64, who was hired by Elliott and retired from the bank in 2021 after 16 years.
"I can’t say enough good about him, very caring person. … I’m just lost for words. I can’t believe he’s gone," Moore said.
Jim Tutt was also well-known and respected in Louisville, his former colleagues said.
Tutt, whom Moore said she called "King Tutt," was a “family man” with a nice smile and a pleasant personality. "And I can’t believe he’s gone,” she said.
Fifth person dies in Louisville mass shooting
A fifth person has died after a gunman opened fire in a Louisville bank Monday, authorities said Monday night.
Louisville police identified the victim as Deana Eckert, 57.
The police department had identified the four others who were killed as Joshua Barrick, 40; Thomas Elliott, 63; Juliana Farmer, 45; and James Tutt, 64.
Before the latest death, hospital officials said nine people were injured, including three in critical condition.
Biden speaks to Beshear about deadly attack
President Joe Biden spoke to Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear by phone Monday evening about the deadly shooting at a downtown Louisville bank, the White House said.
Beshear said one of his closest friends was killed at Old National Bank, which is not far from the minor league ballpark Louisville Slugger Field and Waterfront Park.
“Tommy Elliott helped me build my law career, helped me become governor, gave me advice on being a good dad,” Beshear said at a news conference Monday afternoon. “He’s one of the people I talked to most in the world, and very rarely were we talking about my job. He was an incredible friend.”
Police descend on gunman's neighborhood
Police descended on the neighborhood where the gunman lived, about 5 miles south of the downtown shooting.
The street was blocked as federal and local officers talked to residents.
One home was cordoned off with caution tape. Kami Cooper, who lives in the neighborhood, said she didn’t recall ever having met the suspect, but she said it’s unnerving to have lived on the same street as someone who could do such a thing.
“I’m almost speechless. You see it on the news but not at home,” Cooper said. “It’s unbelievable it could happen here, somebody on my street.”
Gov. Beshear mourns friend Thomas Elliott and emphasizes need for 'love'
Thomas Elliott was an incredible friend, Gov. Beshear said Monday, and was one of the irreplaceable victims of the Old National Bank shooting.
"Acts of violence like this hurt," the governor said. "They tear at the fabric of who we are and our society and our state and our country and the city. ... I'm hurting, and I know so many people out there are as well."
Beshear had two other friends in the shooting, one of whom he visited in the emergency room with his family.
Elliott was one of his "closest" friends, who helped Beshear build his career and offered advice as he navigated fatherhood.
Beshear offered prayers for everyone involved, including a police officer critically injured in the response. He noted that the shooting survivors and families of those who died are going to "bear the scars inside and outside."
He asked that the community and country offer them love.
"They are going to need that love, and we need love for each other," Beshear said. "And it seems like we argue so much in this country ... I still believe that love and compassion and humanity can lead us to a better place."
Three patients remain in critical condition
The University of Louisville Hospital received nine patients from the shooting, and three remained in critical condition Monday afternoon, officials said.
Those three patients required operative care from the hospital’s trauma team and emergency services department, Dr. Jason Smith, the chief medical officer at UofL Health, said at the news conference Monday afternoon.
Three patients remain in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and three others have been released, Smith said.
Louisville shooter livestreamed the attack on bank, police say
The 25-year-old shooter who killed four and injured nine others at a downtown bank livestreamed the deadly attack, police said.
“Unfortunately, that’s tragic to know that that incident was out there and captured,” said Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel, the Louisville Metro Police Department interim chief.
Police have not provided additional details about the livestream or the platform used.
Critically injured officer had just graduated from police academy
An officer who was critically injured during the shooting and needed surgery had recently been sworn in, the Louisville Metro Police Department said.
Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel, interim chief of the Louisville Metro Police Department, said Monday that 26-year-old Nickolas Wilt had graduated from the police academy on March 31.
The officer was struck in the head during the shooting and has come out of brain surgery, she said, adding that Wilt was in critical, but stable, condition.
Police identify shooting victims
The Louisville Metro Police Department identified the victims of the shooting Monday morning as: Joshua Barrick, 40; Thomas Elliott, 63; Juliana Farmer, 45; James Tutt, 64.
Police identify shooter as bank employee
Louisville police identified the gunman in Monday’s mass shooting at a downtown bank as 25-year-old Connor Sturgeon.
Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel, the Louisville Metro Police Department interim chief, said Sturgeon was an employee at Old National Bank and used a rifle to kill four people and injure nine others.
Police said the shooting occurred shortly before 8:40 a.m. and officers were on the scene within three minutes. Once there, officers were met by gunfire and returned fire, Gwinn-Villaroel said.
The gunman was killed, she said.