TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie asked Todd and Lisa Sturgeon what they would want to say to the families of those their son shot in early April.
In a press conference on the day of the shooting, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said that he ran his campaign for state attorney general out of the same building where the bank was located and was close friends with Elliott.One of the injured was 26-year-old Officer Nickolas Wilt, who was shot in the head. LMPD Interim Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said in a press conference that she had sworn Wilt in as an officer on March 31, only 10 days before the shooting.
“I just swore him in, and his family was there to witness his journey to become a police officer,” Gwinn-Villaroel said. President Joe Biden shared a statement on Twitter hours after the shooting, saying that he and first lady Jill Biden were praying for those killed and affected. Once again, our nation mourns after a senseless act of gun violence – Jill and I pray for the lives lost and impacted by today's shooting.When will Republicans in Congress act to protect our communities?“Once again, our nation mourns after a senseless act of gun violence. ... Too many Americans are paying for the price of inaction with their lives,” he said.
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