{"id":25062,"date":"2023-04-10T21:20:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T01:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=25062"},"modified":"2023-04-10T21:20:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T01:20:02","slug":"louisville-shooting-four-killed-at-bank-in-kentucky-as-police-identify-gunman-as-connor-sturgeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/04\/10\/louisville-shooting-four-killed-at-bank-in-kentucky-as-police-identify-gunman-as-connor-sturgeon\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisville shooting: Four killed at bank in Kentucky as police identify gunman as Connor Sturgeon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four people have been killed and eight injured – including two police officers – after a man opened fire at a bank in Louisville in Kentucky.<\/p>\n

Police named the gunman as 25-year-old Connor Sturgeon, who worked at the bank as an employee.<\/p>\n

They also named the victims as Tommy Elliott, 63, Juliana Farmer, 57, Jim Tutt, 64, and Josh Barrick, 40.<\/p>\n

Police earlier reported five people had died in the shooting, including four victims and the gunman.<\/p>\n

Officers said Sturgeon, who did not have “any prior engagement” with the police, joined the branch of the Old National Bank on East Main Street as a full-time employee last year.<\/p>\n

Sturgeon live-streamed parts of the shooting on social media site Instagram, police said. Meta, the company that owns Instagram and Facebook, said it “quickly removed” the video from its platform.<\/p>\n

Department Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel told a news conference Sturgeon, who was using a rifle, shot at officers who then returned fire.<\/p>\n

“The suspect shot at officers. We then returned fire and stopped that threat.”<\/p>\n

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One officer who was caught in the fire, Nickolas Wilt, 26, was shot in the head and underwent surgery, the police chief said.<\/p>\n

The officer, who had recently graduated from the police academy, was in critical condition, she added.<\/p>\n

“I just swore him in and his family was there to witness his journey to become a police officer,” Gwinn-Villaroel said.<\/p>\n

Two other victims were also said to be in a critical condition, according to police, while three people have since been discharged from hospital.<\/p>\n

‘An evil act of targeted violence’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Louisville mayor Craig Greenberg condemned the attack, telling reporters at a press conference: “Let’s be clear about what this was. This was an evil act of targeted violence.”<\/p>\n

He also thanked the emergency response in the city, adding “without a doubt, their actions saved lives”.<\/p>\n

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“We will come together as a community to work to prevent these horrific acts of gun violence from continuing here and around the state,” he said.<\/p>\n

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said that he knew some of the victims, including Elliot, a senior vice president at the bank, which is not far from the minor league ballpark Louisville Slugger Field and Waterfront Park.<\/p>\n

“This is awful,” he said, on the verge of tears as he spoke.<\/p>\n

“I have a very close friend who didn’t make it today. And I have another close friend who didn’t, either. And one who’s at the hospital that I hope is going to make it through.”<\/p>\n

“These are irreplaceable, amazing individuals that a terrible act of violence tore from all of us,” the governor said of the victims.<\/p>\n

‘An incredible friend’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking about Elliott, he said: “(He) helped me build my law career, helped me become governor, gave my advice on being a good dad.<\/p>\n

“He’s one of the people I talked to most in the word and very rarely were we talking about my job. He was an incredible friend.”<\/p>\n

US President Joe Biden also condemned the shooting on Monday, describing that “once again” the country mourned a “senseless act of gun violence”.<\/p>\n

“Jill and I pray for the lives lost and impacted by today’s shooting,” he said, as he also called on Republicans in Congress to act on gun reform.<\/p>\n

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