The United States of America has recorded the 15th mass killing in the year,2023. The shooting which took placer at a bank in downtown Louisville, claimed at least four death and wounded at least eight others on Monday, April 10, according to the police.
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Police arrived the scene as gunshots were still being fired inside the Old National Bank and engaged the shooter, Louisville Metro Police Department Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey said at a news conference. It wasn’t clear whether the shooter killed himself or was shot by officers.
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The shooting comes just two weeks after a former student killed three children and three adults at a Christian elementary school in Nashville, about 160 mile (260 kilometers) to the south.
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“We believe this is a lone gunman involved in this, that did have a connection to the bank. We’re trying to establish what that connection was to the business, but it appears he was a previous employee,” Humphrey said.
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Humphrey also said that at least eight people were being treated at a hospital for wounds, including two police officers, one of whom was in critical condition.
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An emotional Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said he lost friends in the shooting in the building on East Main Street not far from the Louisville Slugger Field and Waterfront Park.
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“This is awful,” he said. “I have a very close friend who didn’t make it today. And I have another close friend who didn’t, either. And one who’s at the hospital that I hope is going to make it through.”
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It was the second time that Beshear was personally affected by a mass tragedy since becoming governor.
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Humphrey, the deputy police chief, said the actions of responding police officers in Louisville on Monday morning had undoubtedly saved lives.
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“This is a tragic event,” he said. “But it was it was the heroic response of officers that made sure that no more people were more seriously injured than what happened.”
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This year’s 15 mass shootings is the most during the first 100 days of a calendar year since 2009, when 16 incidents had occurred by April 10, according to a mass killings database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.
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