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Shooter in Louisville purchased AR-15 rifle legally: Police chief

A Louisville Metro Police officer walks outside of the home of the suspected shooter on April in the Camp Taylor neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, the US [Timothy D Easley/AP Photo]

Law enforcement officials in the United States have revealed that a shooter who killed five people in Louisville, Kentucky, targeted coworkers with a firearm he purchased legally in the week prior to the attack.

In a press conference on Tuesday, Louisville Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said that the shooter, identified as 23-year-old Connor Sturgeon, purchased an AR-15 rifle at a local dealership on April 4. He later livestreamed the attack.

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