{"id":5689,"date":"2023-04-10T16:58:36","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T16:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=5689"},"modified":"2023-04-10T16:58:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T16:58:36","slug":"four-killed-in-shooting-at-downtown-louisville-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/americas\/four-killed-in-shooting-at-downtown-louisville-building\/2023\/04\/10\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Four killed in shooting at downtown Louisville building"},"content":{"rendered":"

Louisville,<\/span> KENTUCKY(<\/span> Reuters<\/span> )–<\/span> At<\/span> least<\/span> four<\/span> people<\/span> were<\/span> killed<\/span> and<\/span> at<\/span> least<\/span> eight<\/span> injured<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> shooting<\/span> at<\/span> a<\/span> bank<\/span> in<\/span> downtown<\/span> Louisville<\/span> on<\/span> Monday,<\/span> police<\/span> said.<\/span> The<\/span> suspect<\/span> also<\/span> died.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> shooting,<\/span> which<\/span> became<\/span> his<\/span> 15th<\/span> mass<\/span> murder<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> country<\/span> this<\/span> year,<\/span> saw<\/span> a<\/span> former<\/span> student<\/span> murder<\/span> her<\/span> three<\/span> children<\/span> and<\/span> her<\/span> three<\/span> adults<\/span> at<\/span> Christian<\/span> Elementary<\/span> School<\/span> in<\/span> Nashville,<\/span> about<\/span> 260<\/span> miles<\/span> south.<\/span> Only<\/span> he<\/span> happened<\/span> two<\/span> weeks<\/span> later.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Louisville<\/span> Metro<\/span> Police<\/span> Department<\/span> Deputy<\/span> Chief<\/span> Paul<\/span> Humphrey<\/span> said<\/span> at<\/span> a<\/span> press<\/span> conference<\/span> that<\/span> police<\/span> arrived<\/span> and<\/span> exchanged<\/span> gunfire<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> gunman<\/span> while<\/span> gunfire<\/span> was<\/span> still<\/span> firing<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> Old<\/span> National<\/span> Bank.<\/span> It<\/span> was<\/span> unclear<\/span> whether<\/span> the<\/span> shooter<\/span> committed<\/span> suicide<\/span> or<\/span> was<\/span> shot<\/span> dead<\/span> by<\/span> police.<\/span> “We<\/span> believe<\/span> this<\/span> is<\/span> a<\/span> lone<\/span> shooter<\/span> with<\/span> ties<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> bank.<\/span> We’re<\/span> trying<\/span> to<\/span> figure<\/span> out<\/span> what<\/span> the<\/span> connection<\/span> was<\/span> with<\/span> that<\/span> company,<\/span> but<\/span> it<\/span> looks<\/span> like<\/span> he<\/span> was<\/span> a<\/span> former<\/span> employee,”<\/span> Humphrey<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Humphrey<\/span> said<\/span> at<\/span> least<\/span> eight<\/span> people<\/span> were<\/span> being<\/span> treated<\/span> for<\/span> injuries<\/span> in<\/span> hospital,<\/span> including<\/span> two<\/span> police<\/span> officers,<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> whom<\/span> was<\/span> in<\/span> critical<\/span> condition.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Emotional<\/span> Kentucky<\/span> Governor<\/span> Andy<\/span> Beshear<\/span> said<\/span> he<\/span> lost<\/span> his<\/span> friend<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> shooting<\/span> at<\/span> a<\/span> building<\/span> on<\/span> East<\/span> Main<\/span> Street<\/span> near<\/span> Louisville<\/span> Slugger<\/span> Field<\/span> and<\/span> Waterfront<\/span> Park.<\/span> “Terrible,”<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span> “I<\/span> have<\/span> a<\/span> very<\/span> close<\/span> friend<\/span> who<\/span> couldn’t<\/span> attend<\/span> today,<\/span> and<\/span> I<\/span> have<\/span> another<\/span> close<\/span> friend<\/span> who<\/span> didn’t<\/span> either.<\/span> And<\/span> I<\/span> hope<\/span> the<\/span> person<\/span> who<\/span> is<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> hospital<\/span> that<\/span> I<\/span> want<\/span> achieves<\/span> that.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>This<\/span> was<\/span> the<\/span> second<\/span> time<\/span> since<\/span> Beshear<\/span> became<\/span> governor<\/span> that<\/span> he<\/span> was<\/span> personally<\/span> affected<\/span> by<\/span> a<\/span> large-scale<\/span> tragedy.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> late<\/span> 2021,<\/span> Dawson<\/span> Springs,<\/span> the<\/span> hometown<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> Beshear<\/span> father,<\/span> who<\/span> served<\/span> as<\/span> governor<\/span> of<\/span> Kentucky<\/span> for<\/span> two<\/span> years,<\/span> is<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> cities<\/span> devastated<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> tornadoes<\/span> that<\/span> hit<\/span> Kentucky.<\/span> bottom.<\/span> Steve<\/span> Beshear.<\/span> Andy<\/span> Beshear<\/span> frequented<\/span> his<\/span> Dawson<\/span> Springs<\/span> during<\/span> his<\/span> boyhood<\/span> and<\/span> spoke<\/span> emotionally<\/span> about<\/span> his<\/span> father’s<\/span> hometown.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Deputy<\/span> Chief<\/span> Humphrey<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> actions<\/span> of<\/span> Louisville<\/span> police<\/span> officers<\/span> in<\/span> their<\/span> response<\/span> Monday<\/span> morning<\/span> undoubtedly<\/span> saved<\/span> lives.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“This<\/span> is<\/span> a<\/span> tragic<\/span> event,”<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span> “But<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> the<\/span> officer’s<\/span> heroic<\/span> response<\/span> that<\/span> ensured<\/span> that<\/span> no<\/span> one<\/span> was<\/span> more<\/span> seriously<\/span> injured<\/span> than<\/span> what<\/span> happened.”<\/span>
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Louisville, KENTUCKY( Reuters )– At least four people were killed and at least eight injured in a shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville on Monday, police said. The suspect also died. The shooting, which became his 15th mass murder in the country this year, saw a former student murder her three children and her […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[2400,252,2409],"tags":[3679,3680,3681,3682,3683,274,3684,3669,3685,3670,3671,3672,3673,3674,3675,3676,3677,3678],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SHOOTNG.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5691,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5689\/revisions\/5691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}