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Mass Shootings

Deadly Louisville bank shooting bodycam released, officers' actions described as 'heroic'

Louisville police fatally shot an armed banker who arrived at work with a rifle and attacked his colleagues Monday

By Michael Ruiz , Adam Sabes Fox News
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Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg cited his own assassination attempt last year in pleading for immediate action after bank shooting. (WHAS)

Louisville police raced into an Old National Bank in the city's downtown area on Monday and took down an active shooter within minutes, bodycam video shows.

The video, released Tuesday afternoon by the Louisville Metro Police Department, shows officers arriving at the scene and the suspect begins firing rounds at their patrol vehicle. The officers then enter the bank, where the suspect engaged in gunfire with officers before being killed.

Louisville Metro Police Department Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey said that the officers' actions were heroic, along with first responders on the scene.

"But I'd be remiss if I didn't say that, you know, the most heroic things at the peak of our career that we do are shrouded in other people's tragedies," Humphrey said.

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Monday Louisville shooting

Screenshot taken from bodycam footage released by the Louisville Metro Police Department of Monday’s shooting inside the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. (Louisville Metro Police Department )

Louisville mass shooting

Surveillance video shows 25-year-old bank employee Connor Sturgeon. (Louisville Metro Police Department )

Officers responded around 8:40 a.m. Monday after 25-year-old bank employee Connor Sturgeon walked in with a rifle and began shooting at his co-workers.

The crazed banker, who police said was livestreaming the attack, also shot at responding officers, critically wounding Nickolas Wilt, who remained fighting for his life hours later after emergency brain surgery. Officer Cory "CJ" Galloway responded to the scene with Wilt.

Officer Nickolas Wilt.

Officer Nickolas Wilt. (Louisville Metro Police Department)

"Here are our HERO Officers. Ofc. Nickolas Wilt (L) and Ofc. Cory "CJ" Galloway (R). Both are assigned to LMPD's First Division. Officer Wilt graduated on 3-31-23. Officer Galloway is a Training Officer and has been an Officer since 2018," the police department said in a tweet.

Five people were killed and six injured, including a LMPD officer, in a deadly Monday morning shooting at Old National Bank in downtown Louisville

Five people were killed and six injured, including a LMPD officer, in a deadly Monday morning shooting at Old National Bank in downtown Louisville. April 9, 2023 (Matt Stone/Louisville Courier Journal - USA Today Network)

Slain victims included a personal friend of Gov.Andy Beshear, Tommy Elliott, 63, as well as Joshua Barrick, 40, Deana Eckert, 57, Jim Tutt, 64, and Juliana Farmer, 45.

Eight people were wounded, including Wilt and another officer who suffered minor injuries.

WHO ARE THE LOUISVILLE BANK SHOOTING VICTIMS?

  • Thomas Elliot sitting in a yellow chair posing for a photo.
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    Thomas Elliot, 64, was a senior vice president of commercial real estate. Elliot was one of the victims at the shooting in the  Old National Bank Louisville, Kentucky.

  • James Tutt in a field posing for a photo.
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    James Tutt, 64, was a market executive at  Old National Bank. Tutt was killed in the shooting that took place in Louisville, Kentucky

  • Juliana Farmer standing in a room with tv in the background.
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    Juliana Farmer, 45, was a loan analyst at  Old National Bank. Farmer was one of five victims who died in the shooting in Louisville, Kentucky

  • Josh Barrick with his family at the beach.
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    Josh Barrick, 40, was a senior vice president of commercial real estate banking. Barrick was killed during the shooting at Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Profile photo of Deana Eckert.
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    Deana Eckert, 57, was an executive administrative officer at Old National Bank. She was shot during after a gunman opened fire at the bank and died Monday night at the hospital in Louisville, Kentucky.

"It is clear from the officers' response that they absolutely saved people's lives," Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey said at a preliminary news briefing Monday. "This was a tragic event."

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A neighbor told Fox News Digital Tuesday that Sturgeon seemed like a "frat boy" and "Gen-Zer" who hosted poker nights on Fridays, rarely did yard work and did not appear to have a girlfriend.

After the shooting, she said police searched the home and removed two people, an unidentified man and woman who she said looked to be around Sturgeon's age.

Old National Bank on October 3, 2015 in Louisville, Kentucky

Old National Bank on October 3, 2015 in Louisville, Kentucky.  (Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)

"They had obviously been removed from the house, in their pajamas, and they were just kind of sitting on the driveway," she said. "No idea who those people were."

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Police were asking anyone with information on the attack to call their tip line at 502-574-LMPD.