Police has confirmed that Four people were killed and eight others injured after a mass shooting at a bank in Louisville, US state of Kentucky on Monday.
The shooter was also dead and appeared to be a former employee of the Old National Bank, Louisville Metro Police Department Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey told reporters.
He said at least eight people were being treated for wounds, including two police officers. One officer and another of the wounded were in critical condition.
“We believe this is a lone gunman involved,” Humphrey said.
Police arrived as gunshots were still being fired inside the bank and exchanged fire with the shooter, but it wasn’t clear whether the shooter killed himself or was shot by officers.
Speaking at a press conference following the incident Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, on the verge of tears, said he knew victims in the attack.
“I have a very close friend that didn’t make it today,” he said, “and one who’s at the hospital that I hope is going to make it through.”
“We will come together as a community to work to prevent these horrific acts of gun violence from continuing here and around the state,” Craig Greenberg, mayor of the city of 625,000, said.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, who represents Kentucky, wrote on Twitter he was “devastated” by the news and offered “thoughts and prayers” to the victims families and the city.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, the Louisville incident was the 146th mass shooting, defined as incidents in which four or more people were shot or killed, in the United States this year.
It happened just two weeks after a former student killed three children and three adults at a Christian elementary school in Nashville, about 160 miles (260 kilometers) to the south.
This a developing story and will be updated…
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