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Gunman Who Killed Five in Louisville Left Note and Bought Rifle Legally [1]
['Kevin Williams', 'Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs', 'Tim Arango']
Date: 2023-04-11
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The 25-year-old man who opened fire on Monday at a bank in downtown Louisville, killing five people, told at least one person that he was suicidal before the rampage and legally purchased the AR-15-style rifle used in the shooting at a local dealership last week, officials said on Tuesday.
“We know he left a note,” Representative Morgan McGarvey, a Democrat whose district includes Louisville, said of the gunman at a news conference. “We know he texted or called at least one person to let them know he was suicidal and contemplating harm.”
Later on Tuesday, the city released body camera footage of the police confrontation. It showed two officers — a rookie and his training officer — pulling up in their squad car outside Old National Bank on East Main Street at 8:41 a.m. on Monday, three minutes after receiving reports of shots fired. The gunman, having already shot his victims on the building’s first floor, was waiting inside its glass-strewn lobby to ambush the police, who could not see through the building’s dark windows.
The footage, with some graphic portions blurred out, shows a quick initial gun battle, and Officer Nickolas Wilt, who graduated from the police academy weeks earlier, being shot.
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[1] Url:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/11/us/louisville-shooting-gunman.html
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