Listen to this articleAt least five people were killed and eight others were injured in a shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville, Ky., on Monday morning, the police said. The suspected gunman died at the scene. Authorities say this is another ‘Mass casualty incident’. Multiple casualties confirmed.
Officers heard yelling: “Active shooter at the bank” as he told traffic to stop. The Bank is located around the 300 block of East Main St. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said in a tweet he was headed to the scene of the shooting. “Please pray for all of the families impacted and for the city of Louisville,” he wrote.
Paul Humphrey, the deputy chief of the Louisville Metro Police Department, said that the police received calls around 8:30 a.m. about a shooting at Old National Bank and when they arrived on the scene, “they encountered the suspect almost immediately, still firing gunshots.
”Chief Humphrey said that the gunman, whose name was not immediately released, was confirmed dead at the scene. “We do not know exactly the circumstances of his death at this time,” he said. It was not immediately clear if the gunman was included among the five dead.
When officers arrived at the Old National Bank building, the gunman was “still firing gunshots,” said Paul Humphrey, the deputy chief of the Louisville Metro Police Department.
BREAKING: An active shooting is underway at and around the Old National Bank in downtown Louisville. Details:
– Authorities say this is another 'Mass casualty incident'. Multiple casualties confirmed.
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The police did not give a motive for the shooting, but they said that the gunman had a connection to the bank and may have been a current or former employee. “We believe this is a lone gunman involved in this that did have a connection to the bank,” Chief Humphrey said at a news conference.
Five people were killed inside the bank, the deputy chief said, and at least eight people, including a police officer, were taken to a nearby hospital. He said that two people were in critical condition, including a police officer who was in surgery on Monday morning.
“There is no active danger known to the public at this time,” Chief Humphrey said. The bank is across the street from Louisville Slugger Field, a minor-league baseball stadium where the Louisville Bats play. The area includes many hotels and apartment complexes.
The University of Louisville Hospital received nine patients, including two police officers, from the shooting, a spokeswoman, Heather Fountaine, said in an email. She said at least three of the patients had been discharged by early Monday afternoon. The chief executive of Old National Bank, Jim Ryan, traveled to the building in Louisville with other executives on Monday.
“In response to the tragic shooting this morning at our Preston Pointe location in downtown Louisville, members of the Old National Bank executive team, including CEO Jim Ryan, are onsite in Louisville. While there have been reports of multiple casualties by Louisville Metro Police, we have been assured that the situation is no longer active.
Law enforcement authorities continue to assess the scene. “The safety of Old National Bank employees and everyone we serve in our banking center locations is paramount,” said Old National CEO Jim Ryan. “As we await more details, we are deploying employee assistance support and keeping everyone affected by this tragedy in our thoughts and prayers.”
” Mr. Ryan said in a statement posted on Facebook. “As we await more details, we are deploying employee assistance support and keeping everyone affected by this tragedy in our thoughts and prayers.”
Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky traveled to the scene of the shooting and was visibly emotional at the news conference on Monday morning.
“This is awful,” he said. “I have a very close friend that didn’t make it today. And I have another close friend who didn’t, either, and one who is at the hospital that I hope is going to make it through. So when we talk about praying, I hope people will.
”The governor said that he had run his campaign for attorney general from the bank building and knew “virtually everyone” inside. “That’s my bank,” he said.State Representative Keturah Herron, a Democrat who represents part of Louisville, said on Twitter that “as we hold our community tighter,” there must also be “outrage and anger.”
“We live in a war zone and we shouldn’t have to,” she said. “This is awful,” Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky said at a news conference. “I have a very close friend that didn’t make it today. And I have another close friend who didn’t, either, and one who is at the hospital that I hope is going to make it through.”Credit…Natosha Via for The New York Times
Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, said on Twitter that he and his wife, the former transportation secretary Elaine Chao, were “devastated” by the shooting. “We send our prayers to the victims, their families, and the city of Louisville as we await more information,” he said.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the F.B.I. said that they were assisting with the response.
The Police Department was still investigating the shooting at the bank when one man was fatally shot and another person was injured in a shooting later on Monday morning outside Jefferson Community and Technical College, less than two miles from the bank. It was not immediately clear what led to that shooting, but the police said that the two shootings were not connected.
“The suspects fled prior to police arrival,” the Police Department said on Twitter of the second shooting.The college’s technical campus was still on lockdown midday Monday, and the school closed all of its campuses and canceled classes “out of reverence for those involved in shootings that have occurred today,” it said.
