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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

Mayor says Louisville shooter’s rifle ‘will be back on the streets’ under state law

Louisville’s mayor, Craig Greenberg, speaks at a press conference on 11 April.
Louisville’s mayor, Craig Greenberg, speaks at a press conference on 11 April. Photograph: Michael Swensen/Getty Images

The mayor of Louisville has said Kentucky law would make him a criminal if he destroys the assault-style rifle used by a gunman in Monday’s killing of five bank employees in his city.

An emotional Craig Greenberg was speaking on Tuesday at a lunchtime press conference during which police revealed the killer – an employee at the Old National Bank who also wounded eight others, including two critically – bought the weapon legally six days previously.

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