LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A fifth victim has died after the Monday mass shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville, the city’s Police Department confirmed.
Louisville Metro Police identified the victim as Deana Eckert, 57, in a tweet posted just after 9 p.m. Eastern time.
According to Eckert’s social media profiles, she was an executive administrative officer at Old National Bank, where the shooting took place.
Four other victims — all bank employees — were identified earlier in the day.
Police identified the victims as Joshua Barrick, 40; Thomas Elliott, 63; Juliana Farmer, 57; and James Tutt, 64. Elliott was a personal friend of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear.
Police said 25-year-old Connor Sturgeon, who had worked at the bank, was responsible for the shooting. He died at the scene after being shot by responding officers.
Sturgeon, a white male, was a former employee at the bank.
At a Monday afternoon news conference attended by city officials and Beshear, Louisville Metro Police Department Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel named Sturgeon as the shooter.
According to the police chief, Sturgeon was killed by police gunfire. He was reported to have used a “rifle,” although police did not specifically state what type.
Gwinn-Villaroel said Sturgeon was livestreaming the shooting as it happened.
“It was tragic to know that it was out there and that it was captured,” she said in the news conference. Police were working to remove the video footage, she continued.
Police did not comment on a motive behind the shooting when asked by the media Monday. They stated it was an active investigation.
According to Sturgeon’s LinkedIn profile, he was a syndications associate and portfolio banker at the bank. He attended the University of Alabama for finance and economics from 2016 to 2020 and graduated with a master of science and finance in 2020. He was on the Young Professionals board for Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana.
Sturgeon also worked as a summer intern associate with the Old National Bank from May 2018 to August 2020. He was hired at the bank in June 2021, and he worked as a commercial development professional before taking the most recent portfolio banker position in April 2022.
According to social media accounts, Sturgeon graduated from Floyd Central High School in southern Indiana in 2016. According to the News and Tribune, based in Jeffersonville, Indiana, Sturgeon played basketball at the high school and ran track. He was a top athlete and was the 2016 NTSPY winner for Boys Track Athlete of the Year. During the 2015-16 season, Sturgeon won the Evansville Regional crown in the 400 meter, going on to finish 20th in the state meet.
