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Louisville Shooting: 5 Killed By Kentucky Bank Employee, Police Say

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The shooter is also dead, police say.
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At least five people were killed Monday in a mass shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, and the suspected shooter is also dead, police said—marking the 146th U.S. mass shooting this year.Key Facts

Louisville Metro Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel identified the shooter as Connor Sturgeon, a 25-year-old employee of Old National Bank, the five-story downtown bank where five people were killed.

Police initially named four deceased victims who died at the scene of the shooting, all of whom were bank employees: Joshua Barrick, 40, Thomas Elliot, 63, Juliana Farmer, 45, and James Tutt, 64.

By Monday evening, the Louisville Metro Police Department tweeted a fifth victim had also died: 57-year-old Deana Eckert.

Sturgeon, who died at the scene after police intervened, had worked at Old National since 2018, first as an intern and most recently as a syndications banker and portfolio banker, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Sturgeon live-streamed the shooting on his Instagram page, which has since been deactivated, Gwinn-Villaroel said.

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