UPDATED 12:19 P.M.
(Reuters) -A man shot dead four people and wounded nine others in an attack on Monday at a bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, city officials said. The shooter was fatally shot at the scene, the city’s police department said, but it was unclear whether from police gunfire or a self-inflicted wound.
The shooter was a current or former employee of the bank, Paul Humphrey, a Louisville Metro Police Department deputy chief, told reporters.
Police said they responded within minutes to reports of an attacker at about 8:30 a.m. (1230 GMT) at an Old National Bank branch near Slugger Field baseball stadium in the city’s downtown. Officers fired at the shooter, police said.
The man was armed with an “AR-15-style” semiautomatic rifle, CNN reported, citing an unnamed federal law enforcement official.
Nine people wounded in the attack were treated at the University of Louisville hospital, a hospital spokesperson said, including two police officers. One of the police officers was in critical condition, police said.
“We will come together as a community to work to prevent these horrific acts of gun violence from continuing here and around the state,” Craig Greenberg, mayor of the city of 625,000, told reporters at a briefing.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, on the verge of tears, said during the briefing that he knew some of the victims.
“I have a very close friend that didn’t make it today,” Beshear said, “and one who’s at the hospital that I hope is going to make it through.”
Mass shootings have become recurrent in the United States. So far this year, the nation has experienced 146 mass shootings — using the definition of four or more shot or killed, not including the shooter — according to the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit group.
In one of the most recent high-profile incidents, three 9-year-old students and three staff members were killed by a former student at a school in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 27.
(Reporting by Brendan O’Brien in Chicago; Additional reporting by Julia Harte, Timothy Ahmann and Ismail Shakil; Editing by Doina Chiacu and Jonathan Oatis)
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(Reuters) -Five people were killed and eight others were wounded in a shooting attack on Monday at a bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, the city’s police department said.
Shortly after confirming the attack, police said the shooter was dead, without giving further details. It was unclear whether the death toll of five included the shooter, who police described as either a current or former employee of the bank.
Police were still trying to determine whether the shooter shot himself or was shot by police, Paul Humphrey, a Louisville Metro Police Department deputy chief, told reporters.
Police said they responded within minutes to reports of an attacker at about 8:30 a.m. (1230 GMT) at a branch of the Old National Bank, near Slugger Field baseball stadium in the city’s downtown.
At least two police officers were among the eight wounded; two of the wounded, including one of the officers, were in critical condition at a hospital.
“We will come together as a community to work to prevent these horrific acts of gun violence from continuing here and around the state,” Craig Greenberg, mayor of the city of 625,000, told reporters at a briefing.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, on the verge of tears, said he knew victims in the attack.
“I have a very close friend that didn’t make it today,” he said at the briefing, “and one who’s at the hospital that I hope is going to make it through.”
Mass shootings have become recurrent in the United States. So far this year, the nation has experienced 146 mass shootings – using the definition of four or more shot or killed, not including the shooter – according to the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit group.
In one of the most recent high-profile incidents, three 9-year-old students and three staff members were killed by a former student at a school in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 27.
(Reporting by Brendan O’Brien in Chicago; Additional reporting by Julia Harte, Timothy Ahmann and Ismail Shakil; Editing by Doina Chiacu and Jonathan Oatis)
Updated: 10 a.m.
(Reuters) – Five people were dead and six others were wounded after a shooting attack on Monday at a bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, the city’s police department said.
A short while after confirming the attack, police said the shooter was dead, without giving further details. It was unclear whether the death toll of five people included the shooter.
“We do not know exactly the circumstance of his death at this time,” Paul Humphrey, a Louisville Metro Police Department deputy chief, told reporters.
Police said they responded in minutes to reports of an attacker at about 8:30 a.m. (1230 GMT) at the Old National Bank, near Slugger Field baseball stadium in the downtown area of the city of 625,000 people.
The FBI said its agents had responded to the scene.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said he was headed to Louisville in response to the shooting.
(Reporting by Brendan O’Brien in Chicago; Additional reporting by Julia Harte, Timothy Ahmann and Ismail Shakil; Editing by Doina Chiacu and Jonathan Oatis)
Update: 9:35 a.m.
(Reuters) -Five people were dead after a shooting attack in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, near its Slugger Field baseball stadium on Monday, the city’s police department said.
A short while after confirming the attack, police said in a statement that the shooter had been “neutralized” and was no longer a threat, without giving further details. It was unclear whether the shooter was among the five dead.
The department said there were multiple casualties and warned people to stay away from the area. The FBI said its agents had responded to the scene.
Police activity was seen near a bank in the downtown area of the city of 625,000 people.
“I was at the stoplight, and the first thing that I saw — there was a guy across the street at the intersection and he was lying down at the entrance to a hotel,” an eyewitness told WDRB, a local Fox TV affiliate.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said he was headed to the city in response to the shooting.
(Reporting by Brendan O’Brien in Chicago; Editing by Doina Chiacu and Jonathan Oatis)
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(Reuters) – A shooting on Monday in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, near Slugger Field, resulted in multiple casualties, the city’s police department said on Twitter.
“We are confirming reports of an active aggressor in the 300 block of East Main. Please stay out of the area,” it said. The FBI said its agents have responded to the scene.
Police activity was seen near a bank in the downtown area of the city of 625,000 people.
“I was at the stoplight, and the first thing that I saw — there was a guy across the street at the intersection and he was lying down at the entrance to a hotel,” an eyewitness told WDRB, a local Fox affiliate.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said he was headed to the city in response to the shooting.
(Reporting by Brendan O’Brien in Chicago; Editing by Doina Chiacu and Jonathan Oatis)
