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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gustaf Kilander,Graeme Massie and Rachel Sharp

Louisville shooting - live: Panicked 911 call from gunman’s mother released after bodycam video shows ‘ambush’

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Bodycam shows police confronting and fatally shooting Louisville bank shooter

The mother of the Louisville bank shooter called 911 saying that her son “currently has a gun and is heading toward” the Old National Bank in the city’s downtown.

“I need your help. He’s never hurt anyone, he’s a good kid,” the mother of 25-year-old Connor Sturgeon said. She identified herself as his mother during the 911 call, according to the Associated Press.

The parents of Lousiville bank shooter Connor Sturgeon have spoken out to denounce his “senseless acts of violence” as they noted his previous struggles with mental health.

The family shared their “sorrow, anguish, and horror” at the “unthinkable harm” caused by the 25-year-old.

The family statement came after police released body camera video footage of officers confronting and fatally shooting the gunman.

Sturgeon ultimately shot 13 people, killing five of them: Josh Barrick, 40; Tommy Elliott, 63; Jim Tutt, 64; Juliana Farmer, 57; and Deanna Eckert, 57.

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