At least five people have been killed and nine others wounded after a shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky.
The suspected lone shooter Connor Sturgeon, 25 - an employee at the bank - was also dead.
Louisville Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel told reporters the killer was live-streaming the attack online and officers are working to get the video taken down.
The victims were named as Thomas Elliott, 63, James Tutt, 64, Joshua Barrick, 40, and Juliana Farmer, 45.
One of the wounded, identified as 57-year-old Deana Eckert, later died, police said on Monday night.
One of the wounded officers, 26-year-old Nickolas Wilt, graduated from the police academy on March 31. He was in critical condition after being shot in the head and having surgery, the police chief said. At least three patients had been discharged.
Louisville Metro Police Department said a gunman was “neutralized” following the incident inside Old National Bank about 8.30am on Monday morning.
Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey told reporters officers who arrived on the scene “encountered active gunshots still being fired inside the location at that time.”
Officers exchanged gunfire with the shooter, who appeared to be a former employee of the bank, but it wasn’t clear how he died.
Here’s what we know so far:
— LMPD (@LMPD) April 10, 2023
Calls came in for an active aggressor around 830 this morning in the 300 block E Main at the Old National Bank
“We do not know exactly the circumstances of his death at this time,” Humphrey said.
Mayor Craig Greenberg had earlier told people to “avoid the area around Slugger Field” due to “an active police situation downtown”.
Footage from the scene shows a huge police presence with damaged glass at one location.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said he lost one of his closest friends in the shooting.
“Tommy Elliott helped me build my law career, helped me become governor, gave me advice on being a good dad,” said Beshear, his voice shaking with emotion. “He’s one of the people I talked to most in the world, and very rarely were we talking about my job. He was an incredible friend.”
“These are irreplaceable, amazing individuals that a terrible act of violence tore from all of us,” the governor said.
