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On April 10, 2023, a mass shooting occurred at the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky, killing five people, and injuring nine others. The shooter, 25-year-old Connor James Sturgeon, was also killed. Nine people, including two police officers, were taken to local hospitals.

Incident

The shooting happened at the Old National Bank on East Main Street, near Louisville Slugger Field and Waterfront Park. The shooter used an AR-15 style rifle, according to an anonymous federal law enforcement source.

The employees of Old National Bank were in a conference room during a scheduled virtual meeting when the shooter opened fire. A manager with Old National Bank says she witnessed the shooting through her computer.

After the first shots were fired, the shooter began live-streaming the event on Instagram until he was killed by officers of the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD). The resulting video was later taken down by authorities. Phone calls placed at around 8:30 a.m. EDT from the Old National Bank reported an active shooter in the area. The call was changed to an active aggressor report later. Officers arrived at the bank three minutes after the first call. A woman who was at the intersection at the start of the shooting recounted that she saw a man lying near the entrance to a hotel before hearing shots and speeding off to a safer location. Around 10:15 am, the LMPD said that officers had exchanged gunfire with the shooter, who died at the scene.

Victims

Five people were killed in the shooting: Josh Barrick, 40; Deana Eckert, 57; Tommy Elliott, 63; Juliana Farmer, 45; and Jim Tutt, 64. All of the victims were employed at Old National Bank.

Several injured people were transported to a local hospital at around 10:30 am. The chief medical officer at University of Louisville Hospital said they had received nine patients, including two police officers, who were injured in the shooting. Three of them had been released on Monday afternoon, three were still in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and three who were critically wounded had required operations. One police officer had required brain surgery.

Perpetrator

The LMPD identified the perpetrator as 25-year-old Connor James Sturgeon, who was born and raised in Greenville, Indiana. Sturgeon attended Floyd Central High School in Floyds Knobs as a teenager. A former student told The Daily Beast that Sturgeon was a star athlete, and the smartest and most popular student at Floyd Central. After graduating from Floyd Central in the spring of 2016, Sturgeon moved to Birmingham, Alabama, where he attended classes at the University of Alabama from September 2016 until December 2020, before moving back to Louisville where he was employed by the Old National Bank beginning in June 2021. According to a LinkedIn page, he interned at the bank over previous summers, and had worked full time at the bank for nearly two years.

Prior to the shooting, Sturgeon messaged one of his friends that he felt suicidal and added that he wanted to kill as many people in the bank as he could. Sturgeon's Instagram account featured mostly images of his family and his friends being circulated around his page before his account was deleted by authorities, as well as some images reportedly shared by Sturgeon in a group chat which also included memes. One titled 'Monday vibes' has the caption: "I could burn this whole place down", and another featured a gif image of the Star Wars character Kylo Ren saying "I know what I have to do but I don't know if I have the strength to do it".

Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are assisting with investigation of the incident. The shooting did not appear to involve a bank robbery, according to preliminary sources. The police have not specified a motive.

Reactions

Governor of Kentucky Andy Beshear said one of the victims, Tommy Elliott, was among his closest friends. According to his LinkedIn profile, Elliott was the senior vice president of Old National Bank. Beshear tweeted that he was heading to the city in response to the shooting and asked for prayers for all those impacted and for the city of Louisville. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued a statement that he and his wife, Elaine Chao, were devastated and offered their prayers for the victims, their families and Louisville. A similar statement was made by Louisville mayor Craig Greenberg, who called for prayers and stated that the community would come together to heal and help prevent similar acts of gun violence.

President Joe Biden offered his condolences to the victims of the shooting and pushed for gun reform from Senate Republicans. He had stated similar comments shortly after the Nashville school shooting, saying he had exhausted what he can do through executive action and that Congress needed to act.

See also

• Gun violence in the United States
• List of mass shootings in the United States in 2023
• Standard Gravure shooting (1989)

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