2023 Louisville bank shooting

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2023 Louisville shooting
Part of mass shootings in the United States
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LocationOld National Bank, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Coordinates38°15′20.51″N 85°44′46.42″W / 38.2556972°N 85.7462278°W / 38.2556972; -85.7462278
DateApril 10, 2023
c. 8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. (EDT; UTC−04:00)
Attack type
Mass shooting, workplace shooting
WeaponsAR-15 style rifle[1]
Deaths6 (including the perpetrator)
Injured8
PerpetratorConnor James Sturgeon[2]

On April 10, 2023, a mass shooting occurred at the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, killing five people, and injuring eight others.[3] The shooter, 25-year-old employee Connor James Sturgeon, was also killed. Nine people, including two police officers, were taken to local hospitals.

Shooting

The shooting happened at the first floor of the Old National Bank on East Main Street, near Louisville Slugger Field and Waterfront Park.[4][5][6] The shooter used an AR-15 style rifle, according to an anonymous federal law enforcement source.[1]

Phone calls placed at around 8:30 a.m. EDT from the Old National Bank reported an active shooter in the area. The call was changed to an active aggressor report later.[7] The employees of Old National Bank were in a conference room during a scheduled virtual meeting when the shooter opened fire. A manager at the bank said she observed the shooting through her computer.[8] After the first shots were fired, the shooter began live-streaming the event on Instagram until he was killed by officers of the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD). The livestream was then taken down by Instagram.[9]

An eyewitness in the conference room recounted that those in the room heard a click and the woman next to him turned around and said "what the heck" before the shooter opened fire. Another had just walked past the conference room and thought the shooting was construction noise, before being alerted of the shooting by another, who told him "Run; there's a shooter."[10] Officers arrived at the bank three minutes after the first call. A woman who was at the intersection at the start of the shooting recounted that she saw a man lying near the entrance to a hotel before hearing shots and speeding off to a safer location.[11] Around 10:15 am, the LMPD said that officers had exchanged gunfire with the shooter, who died at the scene.[7]

Victims

Five people were killed in the shooting: Josh Barrick, 40; Deana Eckert, 57; Tommy Elliott, 63; Juliana Farmer, 45; and Jim Tutt, 64. All of the victims were employed at Old National Bank.[12] Four of the victims were killed in the attack with Eckert dying later the same day at a local hospital.[13]

Several injured people were transported to a local hospital at around 10:30 am.[11][14] The chief medical officer at University of Louisville Hospital said they had received nine patients, including two police officers, who were injured in the shooting. Three of them had been released on Monday afternoon, three were still in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and three who were critically wounded had required operations. One police officer had required brain surgery.[15]

Perpetrator

The LMPD identified the perpetrator as 25-year-old Connor James Sturgeon (February 11, 1998[16] – April 10, 2023), who was raised in Greenville, Indiana.[17][18][19] Sturgeon attended Floyd Central High School in Floyds Knobs as a teenager.[20] A former student told The Daily Beast that Sturgeon was a star athlete, and seen as a smart and popular student at Floyd Central.[2] Another student claimed that Sturgeon was kept home for most of the eighth grade after repeatedly suffering concussions playing football.[21] After graduating from Floyd Central in the spring of 2016, Sturgeon moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he attended the University of Alabama and graduated in December 2020, before moving back to Louisville where he was employed by the Old National Bank beginning in June 2021.[22] According to a LinkedIn page, he interned at the bank over previous summers, and had worked full-time at the bank for nearly two years.[15] A bank manager recalled him as being "low key", and "relaxed".[23] Shortly before the shooting, he was notified that he was going to be fired.[24] Several of his friends expressed surprise over him being the perpetrator.[23]

Prior to the shooting, Sturgeon messaged one of his friends that he felt suicidal and added that he wanted to kill as many people in the bank as he could, according to a police dispatcher.[25] Sturgeon's Instagram account featured mostly pictures of his family and friends, and some dark memes. One had the caption, "I could burn this whole place down," another featured a gif of a Kylo Ren scene from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker saying, "I know what I have to do but I don't know if I have the strength to do it",[26] and the last post before the attack said, "They won’t listen to words or protests. Let’s see if they hear this."[21]

Sturgeon bought the AR-15 rifle used in the shooting legally, six days before the shooting.[27]

Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are assisting with the investigation of the incident.[3] The shooting did not appear to involve a bank robbery, according to preliminary sources.[28] The police have not specified a motive.[18]

The LMPD blocked streets and conducted a joint search of Sturgeon's home in the Camp Taylor neighborhood near Interstate 264, located 7.4 miles (11.9 km) south of the bank.[29]

Reactions

Governor of Kentucky Andy Beshear said one of the victims, Tommy Elliott, was among his closest friends. According to his LinkedIn profile, Elliott was the senior vice president of Old National Bank.[15] Beshear tweeted that he was heading to the city in response to the shooting and asked for prayers for all those impacted and for the city of Louisville.[30][31] Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued a statement that he and his wife, Elaine Chao, were devastated and offered their prayers for the victims, their families and Louisville. A similar statement was made by Louisville mayor Craig Greenberg, who called for prayers and stated that the community would come together to heal and help prevent similar acts of gun violence.[28]

President Joe Biden offered his condolences to the victims of the shooting and pushed for gun reform from Senate Republicans. He had made similar comments shortly after the Nashville school shooting, saying he had exhausted what he can do through executive action and that Congress needed to act.[32][33]

Old National CEO Jim Ryan issued a statement that the safety of the Old National Bank employees and those they serve was extremely important and that the company was deploying employee assistance support and offered everyone affected their thoughts and prayers.[10]

See also

References

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