Five are dead, six injured after a shooter opened fire at Old National Bank in downtown Louisville this morning. LMPD says the suspect is dead and was a former employee of the bank.
Officers responded to the Old National Bank on Main Street around 8:30 a.m. where they encountered active gunshots, Louisville Metro Police Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey said during a media briefing at 10:20 a.m. Five people were confirmed dead and six people were transported to the University of Louisville Hospital, including two LMPD officers.
Two of the victims at the hospital were in critical condition, including one officer who was in surgery, Humphrey said during an 11 a.m. update. The others suffered non-critical injuries.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear immediately came to Louisville after hearing of the shooting. Speaking at the 11 a.m. press conference, he said that one of his close friends was killed during the shooting and another was injured. He urged those impacted to get help.
"Our bodies and our minds are not meant to go through these kinds of tragedies," Beshear said, who teared up when speaking with the media.
This wasn't a school shooting, this was a bank shooting, where security guards were present, the "good guys with guns" that folks keep talking about, and still six people are dead this morning. Gov. Beshear used this bank for his campaign for Attorney General before being elected as Governor, and as he mentioned, he lost a friend in this shooting. Police didn't prevent these deaths, bank security didn't prevent these deaths, civilians with firearms didn't prevent these deaths. Guns caused these deaths.
Kentucky Republicans of course will offer thoughts and prayers, and they'll do so again the next time this happens at a school or bank or shopping mall or wherever, and the next time, and the next time.
What they will never do is offer legislation to actually address the problem.
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