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11-04-2023
LOUISVILLE: Five people are dead and eight others, including a police officer, are injured following a mass shooting at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday morning, according to police.
The lone gunman opened fire in the Old National Bank’s first-floor conference room at about 8:30 a.m. local time, according to officials.
The suspect had a connection to the bank, possibly a former employee, police said.
Eyewitnesses said the shooter appeared to have been armed with a long gun.
“He just started shooting,” Troy Haste told ABC Louisville affiliate WHAS. “Whoever was next to I got shot. Blood is on me from it.”
Police said the suspect is dead, tweeting that the “suspected shooter has been neutralized,” adding, “There is no longer an active aggressor threat.”
A responding police officer was shot in the head, sources told ABC News. The officer’s condition is unknown.
According to preliminary information, this shooting is not believed to have been terror-related, sources told ABC News.
President Joe Biden has been briefed on the deadly shooting, a White House official confirms to ABC News.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said he is heading to the scene.
“Please pray for all of the families impacted and for the city of Louisville,” he tweeted.
FBI and ATF agents are assisting with the incident.
There have been at least 15 mass shootings in the U.S. in the first 10 days of April, including Monday morning’s shooting in Louisville, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
So far this year, the nation has seen at least 146 mass shootings.
The Gun Violence Archive defines a mass shooting as at least four people shot, not including the suspect.
“It feels like every day in this country we are totally consumed by yet another mass shooting. Nowhere else in the developed world do people wake up to this preventable horror every single morning,” Kris Brown, president of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, said in a statement Monday. “Whether it’s a bank, a school, a supermarket, or a church, Americans no longer feel safe in their communities. And Americans are increasingly tired of living in fear of being a victim of a mass shooting.” (Int’l Monitoring Desk)
