Louisville shooting updates: 911 call from suspect's mom released
Five people were killed and eight were injured. The suspect died at the scene.
Five people were killed and eight others were injured in a mass shooting at a bank in Kentucky's largest city on Monday morning, according to police.
The suspect was killed by officers responding to the scene at Old National Bank in Louisville, police said.
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Suspect's family issues statement
The family of the suspected gunman, 25-year-old Connor Sturgeon, issued a statement Monday night expressing their sorrow, also saying "there were never any warning signs or indications he was capable of this shocking act."
"No words can express our sorrow, anguish, and horror at the unthinkable harm our son Connor inflicted on innocent people, their families, and the entire Louisville community," the Sturgeon family said. "We mourn their loss and that of our son, Connor. We pray for everyone traumatized by his senseless acts of violence and are deeply grateful for the bravery and heroism of the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department."
"While Connor, like many of his contemporaries, had mental health challenges which we, as a family, were actively addressing, there were never any warning signs or indications he was capable of this shocking act," the family said. "While we have many unanswered questions, we will continue to cooperate fully with law enforcement officials and do all we can to aid everyone in understanding why and how this happened."
-ABC News' Alondra Valle
Timeline of police response
Louisville Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey provided a timeline of the police response to Monday's shooting while sharing body camera footage from the responding officers:
--8:38 a.m.: Officers dispatched.
--8:41 a.m.: Officers Nickolas Wilt and Cory Galloway pull up to an entrance to the bank. Gunshots are immediately fired in their direction, forcing them to back up the car.
--8:42 a.m.: They exit the vehicle.
--8:44 a.m.: Wilt is struck and officers return fire. When Wilt is struck, Galloway is heard yelling, "He’s down! Get the officer!”
--8:45 a.m.: After a short barrage of gunfire, officers make entry to the bank and confirm the suspect is down.
-ABC News' Will McDuffie
Body camera footage released
Louisville police have released body camera footage from Monday's mass shooting.
The footage shows the interaction between the shooter and responding officers, including Nickolas Wilt, who was shot and remains in critical condition.
"You will see he never hesitates," Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey said of Wilt during a press briefing on the footage. "This young man went back in to the line of fire."
Humphrey said the suspect "lied in wait" for officers to respond to the bank shooting.
The officers could not see inside the building on their approach, and the footage conveys the "tension" of the scene, Humphrey said.
Officers and EMS treated victims at the scene of the shooting. The actions of first responders "absolutely saved lives," Humphrey said.
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said authorities plan to release 911 audio of the incident within the next 24 hours.
"We know there are still a lot of unanswered questions," Greenberg said at the briefing. "We will continue to provide information as soon as it is available."
1 victim remains in critical condition
Of the eight people injured in Monday's mass shooting, three remain at the University of Louisville Hospital.
One of those patients, 26-year-old police officer Nickolas Wilt, is still in critical condition, hospital officials said, and the other two patients are stable and in fair condition.
Wilt was shot in the head while running toward the gunfire, according to police. Wilt just graduated from the police academy on March 31.
Wilt was on his fourth shift ever when he rushed the shooter, with his field training officer beside him, said Jackie Gwinn-Villaorel, Louisville’s interim police chief.
The training officer, Cory Galloway, shot and killed the suspect, authorities said, while being grazed by a bullet.
Dramatic 911 calls released
Louisville police have released the dramatic 911 calls from Monday's mass shooting inside a bank.
One woman who called 911 said about eight or nine people have been shot. She said she was hiding in a closet in the first-floor conference room.
She told the dispatcher she knew the shooter, who worked with her.
Loud gunshots are heard booming in the background as the employee recounted what was happening.
The dispatcher told the woman to stay quiet and stay where she was. Whispering, she told the dispatcher there was a lot of blood.
The mother of the suspected gunman, 25-year-old Connor Sturgeon, called 911 to say her son's roommate called her and was concerned.
"He apparently left a note," she said.
"He's never hurt anyone, he's a really good kid," Sturgeon's mother told the dispatcher. "I don't know where he would've gotten a gun."
"I know he doesn't own any guns!" she told the dispatcher.
Sturgeon, who was killed by police at the scene, bought the AR-15 used in the attack legally on April 4 in Louisville, according to police.