Police say a Louisville bank employee armed with a rifle opened fire at his workplace, killing five people.
opened fire at his workplace Monday morning, killing five people — including a close friend of Kentucky's governor — while livestreaming the attack on Instagram, authorities said.
In Louisville, the chief identified the shooter as 25-year-old Connor Sturgeon, who she said was livestreaming during the attack.Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, said in a statement that it had "quickly removed the livestream of this tragic incident this morning." "Tommy Elliott helped me build my law career, helped me become governor, gave me advice on being a good dad," said Beshear, his voice shaking with emotion. "He's one of the people I talked to most in the world, and very rarely were we talking about my job. He was an incredible friend.""These are irreplaceable, amazing individuals that a terrible act of violence tore from all of us," the governor said.
In late 2021, one of the towns devastated by tornadoes that tore through Kentucky was Dawson Springs, the hometown of Beshear’s father, former two-term Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear. Andy Beshear frequently visited Dawson Springs as a boy and has talked emotionally about his father’s hometown. "I’m almost speechless. You see it on the news but not at home," Cooper said. "It’s unbelievable, it could happen here, somebody on my street."
Deputy Police Chief Paul Humphrey said the actions of responding police officers undoubtedly saved lives.
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