He said the responding officers exchanged fire with the gunman.įollow The Post’s latest coverage of the shooting in Louisville LMPD Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey said police arrived quickly, clearing the streets and confronting the gunman inside. WLKY News Louisville Metro Police deploy for an “active police situation” near Slugger Field. WDRB The shooter killed five people and injured eight others. “So the six of us went into the men’s room, turned off all the sound on our phones, and tried to be as quiet as we could.” A lone gunman stormed a bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday morning.
“The bathrooms on our floor have keycode entry, so it was probably the safest place we could think of to hide,” employee Tammy Madigan told the Daily Beast. Others who were inside the bank said they took shelter in conference rooms and bathrooms as soon as they heard the gunfire. Rickey Readus, a Louisville resident, told The Post how employees ran out to find shelter at nearby businesses. Police have identified 25-year-old Connor Sturgeon as the Louisville bank shooter. Sturgeon had been told he was going to be fired from the bank, according to CNN, which also reported he had left a note for his parents and a friend saying he was going to shoot up the bank. Sturgeon, who was livestreaming his attack on Instagram, was shot and killed by police after he aimed his rifle at them, Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said at a Monday afternoon press conference. Witnesses said they spotted Sturgeon with a “long assault rifle” firing several shots on the first floor of the bank building. The Louisville Metro Police Department said Sturgeon entered the bank at 8:30 a.m., before it had opened to the public, and started firing.
Sturgeon worked as a summer intern for the bank for three consecutive years, eventually joining as a commercial development professional in 2021 and a full-time associate and portfolio banker last year, according to his LinkedIn account. Officials later identified the suspect as Connor Sturgeon, 25. Louisville bank shooter left behind manifesto detailing reasons for rampage: reportĪ lone gunman stormed a bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday morning, killing five people and injuring eight others before dying in a confrontation with police.
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