Connor Sturgeon, 25, killed four people this Monday, April 10, when he was involved in a shooting in Louisville, Kentucky, in the central east of the United States. The young man entered the Old National Bank, from which he had been fired, and while broadcasting live he shot those present.
The shooter died soon following, it is not yet clear if he was shot dead by police officers or shot himself, Paul Humphrey, a local police officer, said at a news conference.
“Five people have died in total. At least six more people have been transported to the hospital,” Louisville police said on Twitter, including the shooter among those killed.
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The police arrived at the scene in a few minutes following receiving several calls around 8:30 local time, for shots at the Old National Bank premises, in the center of the city. When officers arrived at the scene, the suspect was “still shooting,” Humphrey said, according to AFP.
“We believe that he acted alone and had a link to the bank”added the officer regarding what happened.
On his Instagram account, where he broadcast the massacre live, he had shared several memes with phrases alluding to the event. One of them said: “I know what I have to do but I don’t know if I have the strength to do it”, while another pointed out: “They are not going to hear words or protests. Let’s see if they listen to this.”
According to the information that emerged, Sturgeon would have sent a message to a friend warning him that he would shoot at the bank. Police also confirmed that he had shared live footage at the time of the incident, and that video was taken down by authorities.
A former high school classmate of Sturgeon’s called him “smart, popular, and a star athlete” in various sports. “I know everyone says this regarding shooters, but I really wouldn’t have expected this from him.”said to Daily Beast. another friend told CNN that he mightn’t believe it, that he never saw any sign that made him think he was capable of something like that.
A bank employee said that he saw the man enter the place with an assault rifle and started shooting without saying anything, while he was in a meeting with other people in a conference room and saw how people around him were shot. .
The deceased were identified as Joshua Barrick, 40; Thomas Elliott, 63; Juliana Farmer, 45; and James Tutt, 64.
“At least two officers were injured in the shooting and one of them is undergoing surgery at the hospital,” Paul Humphrey said.
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Eight others, he said, are being treated at the hospital, while two of the injured are in critical condition, including one of the policemen.
The agents “without a doubt saved lives,” estimated the mayor Craig Greenberg at a press conference in which he denounced “a new episode of armed violence”. He himself survived a shooting last year.
The Governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear, He told reporters that he has lost a “very dear friend” in the shooting, “and another close friend is one of those who are in the hospital,” he said during the news conference.
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