‘Unthinkable Day,’ Kentucky Leaders Say, After People They Knew Were Hurt or Killed in Mass Shooting
An “unthinkable day” unfolded in Louisville, Kentucky, when a gunman opened fire at the Old National Bank downtown, Mayor Craig Greenberg said. The gunman shot 13 people before police returned fire, killing him.
The gunman was a bank employee who committed “an evil act of targeted violence,” Greenberg said during a news conference on April 10, hours after the shooting. He, the city’s police chief, and the governor of Kentucky all knew one or more of the people who were hurt or killed.
Four victims died in the immediate aftermath of the shooting: Thomas “Tommy” Elliott, 63; Joshua Barrick, 40; Juliana Farmer, 57; and James Tutt, 64. During the evening of April 10, police announced that a fifth victim, Deana Eckert, 57, passed away. All five were bank employees, mostly in executive roles, according to profiles on LinkedIn….