Emergency calls depict chaos during Louisville bank shooting
Audio release came hours before hundreds of people gathered at the Muhammad Ali Center in downtown Louisville to remember the victims.
"Frantic calls from witnesses reporting a mass shooting at a Louisville bank were released by US police – including from the shooter’s mother who told a 911 operator her son “currently has a gun”.
Between shaky breaths, she told the operator she heard from her son’s roommate he left a note indicating he had a gun and was heading towards the bank.
“I need your help. He’s never hurt anyone, he’s a good kid,” said the woman.
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It turned out that at the time of her call, the gunman was already at the bank on Monday. The emergency dispatcher informed the woman other calls were coming in about the shooting.
There have been 146 mass shootings in the United States so far in 2023, the most at this point in the year since 2016, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The nonprofit group defines a mass shooting as four or more people shot or killed, not including the shooter.
‘Situation going on’
1 The first call that came in was from a woman who was on a video call inside the bank. She screams and cries throughout the four-minute call and says there is an active shooter at the downtown branch of the bank.
“I just watched it on a Teams meeting,” she says. “We were having a board meeting … We heard multiple shots and everybody started saying, ‘Oh my God’ and then he came into the board room.”
Bank employee Connor Sturgeon, 25, used an AR-15 assault-style rifle in the attack at Old National Bank, where he killed five coworkers while live-streaming before police fatally shot him.
✓ Eight others were wounded including a police officer who was shot in the head and remains hospitalised in a critical condition.
The woman identifying herself as Sturgeon’s mother asks during the call if she can go to the bank but is told by the dispatcher she should not because “there’s a situation going on down there” and “it’s dangerous”.
“You’ve had calls from other people, so he’s already there?” the mother asks with shock in her voice.
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‘Please do something’
The audio release came hours before hundreds of people gathered at the Muhammad Ali Center in downtown Louisville on Wednesday to remember the victims.
Speakers at the vigil called for action from the deeply divided US government to end the country’s crisis of gun violence.
Dr Muhammad Babar, a physician at the University of Louisville hospital that treated victims including wounded police officer Nickolas Wilt, begged listeners and politicians to come together to address the problem.
“It does not matter whether you are a Republican or a Democrat, whether you live in urban spaces or rural communities, whether you own a gun or not,” he shouted in a voice choked with emotion. “Please do something.”
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Louisville Old National Bank shooting
Six people are dead and nine people were hospitalized after an active shooter opened fire in downtown Louisville on April 10.
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University of Louisville hospital’s chief medical officer joined Mayor Craig Greenberg Tuesday in calling for stricter regulations on firearms a day after a mass shooting killed five people and injured eight others in Kentucky’s largest city.
“To everyone who helps make public policy, I would simply ask you to do something, because doing nothing, which is what we’ve been doing, is not working,” Dr. Jason Smith said in a Tuesday morning news conference.
Four of the people injured in Monday’s deadly downtown shooting at Old National Bank in the 300 block of E. Main Street were still being treated at UofL Health Tuesday morning, Smith said. Two remain in an intensive care unit, including Louisville Metro Police Officer Nickolas Wilt, who had been on the job 10 days when he was struck in the head Monday morning by a round from an AR-15 the gunman was wielding. Six people died in the mass shooting, including the gunman.
✓ Nine people were hospitalized with injuries from the shooting, and the hospital used more than 170 units of blood to treat those victims — an amount Dr. Smith said “far outstrips” what the hospital typically has on hand. To acquire what was needed, the hospital pulled from the American Red Cross’ supply.
Though the day was frenzied and the hospital treated multiple people injured from the same incident, it actually wasn’t an atypical day at the hospital, Smith said — the proliferation of gun violence injuries are unfortunately just that common.
“I’ll be honest, caring for three shooting victims plus the other that came in is not an infrequent day for us,” Smith said. “We barely had to adjust our operating schedule to deal with (it). That’s how frequent we are having to deal with gun violence in our community.”
Emotional, Smith, who has worked at UofL Health for 15 years, said he wasn’t “just tired” of providing emergency care to gun violence victims.
“I’m weary,” he said, his voice cracking. “There’s only so many times you can walk into a room and tell someone they’re not coming home. It just breaks your heart when you hear someone screaming, ‘Mommy,’ or ‘Daddy.’’’
✓ Sturgeon’s parents said in a statement their son had mental health challenges that were being addressed, but “there were never any warning signs or indications he was capable of this shocking act”.
They said they are mourning for the victims and the loss of their son, and working with police to understand what happened.
The shooting comes just two weeks after a former student killed three children and three adults at a Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, 160 miles (260km) south of Louisville.*
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Audio merchandise came hours earlier hundreds of radical gathered astatine the Muhammad Ali Center successful downtown Louisville to retrieve the victims.
"Frantic calls from witnesses reporting a wide shooting astatine a Louisville slope were released by US constabulary – including from the shooter’s parent who told a 911 relation her lad “currently has a gun”.
Between shaky breaths, she told the relation she heard from her son’s roommate helium near a enactment indicating helium had a weapon and was heading towards the bank.
“I request your help. He’s ne'er wounded anyone, he’s a bully kid,” said the woman.
It turned retired that astatine the clip of her call, the gunman was already astatine the slope connected Monday. The exigency dispatcher informed the pistillate different calls were coming successful astir the shooting.
There person been 146 wide shootings successful the United States truthful acold successful 2023, the astir astatine this constituent successful the twelvemonth since 2016, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The nonprofit radical defines a wide shooting arsenic 4 oregon much radical changeable oregon killed, not including the shooter.
‘Situation going on’
The archetypal telephone that came successful was from a pistillate who was connected a video telephone wrong the bank. She screams and cries passim the four-minute telephone and says determination is an progressive shooter astatine the downtown subdivision of the bank.
“I conscionable watched it connected a Teams meeting,” she says. “We were having a committee gathering … We heard aggregate shots and everybody started saying, ‘Oh my God’ and past helium came into the committee room.”
Bank worker Connor Sturgeon, 25, utilized an AR-15 assault-style firearm successful the onslaught astatine Old National Bank, wherever helium killed 5 coworkers portion live-streaming earlier constabulary fatally changeable him.
Eight others were wounded including a constabulary serviceman who was changeable successful the caput and remains hospitalised successful a captious condition.
The pistillate identifying herself arsenic Sturgeon’s parent asks during the telephone if she tin spell to the slope but is told by the dispatcher she should not due to the fact that “there’s a concern going connected down there” and “it’s dangerous”.
“You’ve had calls from different people, truthful he’s already there?” the parent asks with daze successful her voice.
‘Please bash something’
The audio merchandise came hours earlier hundreds of radical gathered astatine the Muhammad Ali Center successful downtown Louisville connected Wednesday to retrieve the victims.
Speakers astatine the vigil called for enactment from the profoundly divided US authorities to extremity the country’s situation of weapon violence.
Dr Muhammad Babar, a doc astatine the University of Louisville infirmary that treated victims including wounded constabulary serviceman Nickolas Wilt, begged listeners and politicians to travel unneurotic to code the problem.
“It does not substance whether you are a Republican oregon a Democrat, whether you unrecorded successful municipality spaces oregon agrarian communities, whether you ain a weapon oregon not,” helium shouted successful a dependable choked with emotion. “Please bash something.”
Sturgeon’s parents said successful a connection their lad had intelligence wellness challenges that were being addressed, but “there were ne'er immoderate informing signs oregon indications helium was susceptible of this shocking act”.
They said they are mourning for the victims and the nonaccomplishment of their son, and moving with constabulary to recognize what happened..."
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