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Police release bodycam footage showing fatal confrontation with Louisville shooter Connor Sturgeon terrorizing bank, before he was then taken down by two hero cops

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332729&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Louisville PD release bodycam footage showing fatal confrontation with shooter Connor Sturgeon <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332729&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Sturgeon&comma; 25&comma; entered the Kentucky bank where he was employed on Monday at around 8&colon;30 a&period;m&period;&comma; armed with an AR-15 rifle he purchased last week&comma; police said<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332729&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Sturgeon opened fire at co-workers on the first floor of the building&comma; killing five and injuring nine&comma; including two police officers <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332729&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>LMPD officers Cory Galloway and rookie Nick Wilt were the first officers to arrive at the scene about two minutes later <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332729&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Police said Sturgeon was waiting to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;ambush” responding officers on arrival <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332729&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Officers exchanged gunfire with Sturgeon&comma; footage released Tuesday shows officer Galloway firing the fatal shots and killing him <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332729&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Two victims remain in the ICU&comma; including officer Nick Wilt&comma; who has undergone brain surgery and is still sedated <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Connor-Sturgeon-in-the-bank-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437179" width&equals;"773" height&equals;"938"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Louisville bank shooter Connor Sturgeon is seen in bodycam video brandishing his weapon as he stalked the ground floor of the bank on Monday<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Louisville Metro Police Department Tuesday released body camera footage of the moment officers confronted rampaging gunman Connor Sturgeon inside the Old National Bank&period;<br>Sturgeon&comma; 25&comma; been recently told that he had been fired&period; On Monday morning he entered the Kentucky bank where he was employed at around 8&colon;30 a&period;m&period;&comma; armed with an AR-15 style-rifle he purchased last week&comma; police said&period;<br>The disgruntled staffer opened fire at co-workers on the first floor of the building&comma; killing five and injuring nine&period;<br>Connor Sturgeon shot fleeing woman at the entrance&comma; then opened fire in conference room before returning to lobby for doomed battle with cops&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<iframe width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;UMZVSjUoEVM" title&equals;"YouTube video player" frameborder&equals;"0" allow&equals;"accelerometer&semi; autoplay&semi; clipboard-write&semi; encrypted-media&semi; gyroscope&semi; picture-in-picture&semi; web-share" allowfullscreen><&sol;iframe>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>LMPD officers Cory Galloway and rookie Nick Wilt were the first officers to arrive at the scene about two minutes later&comma; where police said Sturgeon was waiting to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;ambush” responding cops&period;<br>The officers exchanged gunfire with Sturgeon and footage released Tuesday shows Galloway firing the fatal shots and killing him&period; <br>Wilt a recent graduate of the police academy&comma; was shot in the head and Galloway was grazed in the shoulder by a bullet in the exchange&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nypost&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;sites&sol;2&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;louisville-body-cam-25&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Cory-Galloway-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437181" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"560"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Officer Cory Galloway&comma; who was grazed in the shoulder&comma; out front of the bank<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to a <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;us&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;11&sol;us&sol;louisville-kentucky-bank-shooting-tuesday&sol;index&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">CNN <&sol;a>report&comma; a friendly colleague wished Sturgeon a good morning when he walked in&period;<br>Sturgeon replied&colon; &&num;8216&semi;You need to get out of here&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>She ran away&comma; and he tried to shoot her in the back&comma; but the gun was still unloaded&comma; and the safety was on&period;<br>He clicked the weapon into action&comma; and opened fire&comma; shooting her in the back&period;<br>It remains unclear whether she died from the wounds&period;<br>At that point&comma; officials said&comma; Sturgeon made his way to a conference room in the back of the bank to carry out his massacre&period;<br>Police believe the victims&comma; all senior executives at the bank&comma; were targeted&period;<br>terrified bank staff described scrambling to the vault to hide from the killer as he rampaged through the building&period;<br>One bank employee said they saw a man with a &&num;8216&semi;long assault rifle&&num;8217&semi; fire multiple shots near the conference room&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;He just started firing&comma;&&num;8217&semi; one unnamed employee said&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Cory-Galloway-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437184"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>The exterior of the bank is shown from an approaching officer’s perspective<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In the first video released by cops&comma; officers Wilt and Cory Galloway approach the bank in a police cruiser&period; As they arrive and park outside the building&comma; Sturgeon opens fire on them&comma; forcing the officers to quickly pull the car back up&period;<br>Galloway arms himself with his police rifle from the trunk while Wilt only has his police revolver&period; Galloway confirms shots are being fired inside the bank as they bravely run toward the lobby&period;<br>LMPD Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey said Sturgeon had a better vantage point than the officers&comma; who could not see into the lobby due to its tinted glass&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Footage-shows-Police-traded-fire-with-Sturgeon-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437188" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"470"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Footage shows p<strong>olice traded fire with Sturgeon<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Footage-shows-Police-traded-fire-with-Sturgeon-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437191" width&equals;"834" height&equals;"468"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Footage also shows the moment Sturgeon was shot by cops<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>As Wilt and Galloway run up the steps and approach the front of the bank&comma; nine shots are heard&period; Galloway&comma; who is in the lead&comma; rolls over and then drops down the stairs and takes cover&period;<br>He is separated from Wilt at this point&comma; but it is understood the younger officer was able to fire into the building&comma; despite being shot in the head&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;image-29&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437176"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>At this point other officers are heard arriving on the scene&period;<br>Galloway says&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The shooter has an angle on that officer&period; We need to get up there&comma; I don’t know where he’s at&comma; the glass is blocking him&period;”<br>Officer Galloway breathes heavily and tries to find an angle to shoot from as further cars and officers arrive on the scene and attempt to rescue Wilt&period; As they do so Sturgeon fires at them&period;<br>Around a minute later&comma; more shots can be heard&period; Galloway repeats &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;God&comma; don’t have an angle&comma;” then a pane of glass at the front of the bank is seen shattering&period; He moves slightly right and exchanges fire with Sturgeon&comma; shooting four times&period;<br>He then shouts &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I think I got him down&comma; I think he’s down&comma; get down on the floor now&comma; get down the stairs&period;”<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nypost&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;sites&sol;2&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;NYPICHPDPICT000009445540-1&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Louisville-police-bodycam-footage-approach-Old-National-Bank-during-mass-shooting-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437192" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"470"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Officers secure the crime scene after the rampage is stopped after exchanging gunfire and killing with Connor Sturgeon who aimed his rifle at them<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Police-respond-to-a-shooting-at-Old-National-Bank&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437196" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"527"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size">P<strong>olice respond to a shooting at Old National Bank<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>As Galloway then moves up the stairs he shouts &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;suspect down&comma; get the officer&period;” <br>The officer then steps through the broken glass on the floor into the bank and approaches Sturgeon&comma; who is slumped on the floor with his left hand across his stomach and his rifle lying next to him&period; <br>The building was then confirmed secure by police by 8&colon;45am&comma; around 15 minutes after the carnage began&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;First-responders-clean-up-after-shooting-at-Old-National-Bank-in-Louisville&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437199" width&equals;"836" height&equals;"554"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size">Members of th<strong>e Louisville Fire Department clean the steps of the Old National Bank after the shooting<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Officials identified the five victims killed in the spree as Tommy Elliott&comma; 63&comma; Jim Tutt&comma; 64&comma; Joshua Barrick&comma; 40&comma; Juliana Farmer&comma; 45&comma; and Deanna Eckert&comma; 57&period;<br>Two victims remain in the ICU&comma; including officer Nick Wilt&comma; who has undergone brain surgery and is still sedated&period; LMPD said he is remains in a critical but stable condition&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;

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