LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Five people died and eight others were injured Monday morning when a man opened fire at a bank in downtown Louisville. The shooter was killed by responding police officers who returned fire, authorities said.

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Police said the shooter opened fire on his coworkers at Old National Bank on East Main Street just before 8:40 a.m. The victims have been identified as James “Jim” Tutt, 64; Thomas “Thomas” Elliot, 63; Juliana Farmer, 45; and Joshua Barrick, 40.

Update 9:23 p.m. EDT April 10: Police in Louisville said a fifth person has died as a result of Monday’s shooting at a downtown bank, the Courier Journal reported.

Deana Eckert, 57, died Monday night, according to a statement from Louisville Metro Police spokesman Aaron Ellis.

It was unclear whether Eckert was an employee at the bank, WLKY-TV reported. The other four victims — Josh Barrick, Tommy Elliot, Jim Tutt and Julian Farmer — all worked at the Old National Bank, the Courier Journal reported.

— Bob D’Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

Shooter graduated from University of Alabama

Update 8:59 p.m. EDT April 10: The man who police said opened fire at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky, killing four and injuring nine, was a University of Alabama graduate, the school confirmed Monday.

Connor Sturgeon, 25, attended Alabama from the fall of 2016 through December 2020, Shane Dorrill, the university’s assistant director of communications, told AL.com.

Sturgeon completed his undergraduate studies with a double major in finance and economics. He then received a master’s of science degree, also from Alabama, according to the news outlet.

According to the Louisville Courier Journal, Sturgeon’s family lived in Greenville, Indiana, and he graduated from Floyd Central High School, where he played basketball.

— Bob D’Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

Police release photo of critically injured officer

Update 4:10 p.m. EDT April 10: The Louisville Metro Police Department released a photo Monday afternoon of Officer Nickolas Wilt, a newly graduated officer who was shot in the head while responding to Monday’s deadly shooting at Old National Bank.

Police said Wilt, who graduated from the academy on March 31, “ran towards the gunfire today to save lives.”

Interim Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said Wilt underwent brain surgery on Monday. He remains in critical but stable condition.

Shooter livestreamed while firing at Old National Bank

Update 4:05 p.m. EDT April 10: The 23-year-old who opened fire at Old National Bank, killing four people and injuring nine others, livestreamed the attack on social media, Interim Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said.

She said it was “tragic to know that … (the) incident was out there and captured,” and added that authorities were hopeful to get the footage removed.

The interim chief said that police did not appear to have had prior contact with the shooter. He died after officers opened fire while responding to the shooting.

Next 24 hours critical for 3 who underwent surgery after shooting, hospital official says

Update 4 p.m. EDT April 10: Dr. Jason Smith, chief medical officer with University of Louisville Health, said three people who were in critical condition after Monday’s shooting had to undergo surgery for treatment of their wounds.

“The next 24 hours for all involved in this who required an operation are going to be the critical time period for us to understand really how well they’re going to recover from this acute part of their overall care,” Smith said. “They’ve got long roads ahead of them but if we can get through a 24 hours, then we will take another 24 hours, and we will keep doing that until they get out of the hospital.”

Medical personnel treated five gunshot wounds after getting nine victims from Monday’s shooting at Old National Bank, Smith said. Among those critically injured is a 26-year-old police officer who graduated March 31 from the police academy.

Governor says slain victims included ‘one of my closest friends’

Update 3:50 p.m. EDT April 10: Gov. Andy Beshear said one of his closest friends was among the four killed in Monday’s shooting at Old National Bank.

“Tommy Elliot helped me build my law career, helped me become governor, gave me advice on being a good dad,” the governor said. “He’s one of the people I talk to most in the world and very rarely were we talking about my job. He was an incredible friend.”

Elliot, 63, is one of four people killed in Monday’s shooting. Also slain were James Tutt, 64; Juliana Farmer, 45; and Joshua Barrick, 40.

“Each (of the victims were) amazing people whose families grieve them, whose community will mourn and miss them,” Beshear said. “These are irreplaceable, amazing individuals that a terrible act of violence tore from all of us.”

He said two of his other friends survived Monday’s shooting, including one that he’d earlier believed had died in the attack.

Mayor: ‘This was an evil act of targeted violence’

Update 3:40 p.m. EDT April 10: Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg described Monday’s shooting as “an evil act of targeted violence.”

He said that he and Gov. Andy Beshear were good friends with one of the victims, 63-year-old Thomas “Tommy” Elliot. Elliot and three others were killed after a 25-year-old identified as an Old National Bank employee opened fire Monday morning. Nine others, including two police officers, were injured.

Critically injured officer just graduated from police academy

Update 3:35 p.m. EDT April 10: Interim Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said an officer who remained in critical but stable condition Monday afternoon after being shot during a confrontation with a man who opened fire at a bank had just recently graduated from the police academy.

Officer Nickolas Wilt, 26, graduated on March 31.

“I just swore him in, and his family was there to witness his journey to become a police officer,” the police chief said.

Wilt suffered a gunshot wound to his head and underwent brain surgery on Monday. He is one of two police officers who were injured Monday. The other had a minor injury to their elbow, Gwinn-Villaroel said.

“The next few days are important and very critical for Nicholas’ recovery,” the chief added.

Police identify shooting victims

Update 3:30 p.m. EDT April 10: Authorities identified the four people shot and killed at Old National Bank on Monday morning.

The victims were identified as James Tutt, 64; Thomas Elliot, 63; Juliana Farmer, 45; and Joshua Barrick, 40. Police said they died after a 25-year-old Old National Bank employee opened fire just before 8:40 a.m.

Shooter identified as 25-year-old Old National Bank employee

Update 3:20 p.m. EDT April 10: Police identified the man who opened fire Monday morning at Old National Bank, killing four people and injuring nine others before he also died, as a 25-year-old employee named Connor Sturgeon.

Sturgeon was originally identified as being 23.

Interim Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said Sturgeon used a rifle to four people between the ages of 40 and 64. Of the nine injured, six remained hospitalized on Monday afternoon. Three people were in critical condition.

Police expected to share update Monday afternoon

Update 2:40 p.m. EDT April 10: Officials with the Louisville Metro Police Department said authorities will hold a news conference with Mayor Craig Greenberg and Gov. Andy Beshear at 3 p.m. on Monday.

Biden calls for Congress to act after Louisville shooting

Update 1:25 p.m. EDT April 10: President Joe Biden urged Congress to take action after Monday’s deadly shooting in downtown Louisville.

“Too many Americans are paying for the price of inaction with their lives,” the president said in a post on social media. “When will Republicans in Congress act to protect our communities?”

Biden has called for stricter gun control measures — particularly banning assault weapons — throughout his presidency. In March, he signed an executive order to increase the number of background checks needed to purchase a gun.

2 officers, 7 civilians injured in bank shooting, hospital officials say

Update 1:15 p.m. EDT April 10: Officials with the University of Louisville Hospital told Spectrum News 1 Kentucky that they treated nine patients following Monday’s shooting in downtown Louisville.

Two of those injured are police officers while the other two are civilians, officials said. At least three patients had been discharged as of Monday afternoon.

Witness: ‘The sound is what I keep thinking about. It was so loud.’

Update 12:25 p.m. EDT April 10: A man who lives near the building where gunshots rang out Monday morning told the Courier Journal that he saw officers speeding down the wrong way of a street while walking home around 8:30 a.m.

Terrance Sullivan told the newspaper that about 20 officers got out of the police cars with their rifles raised. They ran into the building and he heard as many as 15 shots fired. People were screaming inside, he said.

“It was a lot of activity for like 20 seconds,” Sullivan told the Courier Journal. “The sound is what I keep thinking about. It was so loud. People in my building who were inside could hear it. Being outside on the street as it happened — I’ve heard gunshots before, but not that many like that.”

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Old National Bank sending support for employees

Update 12:05 p.m. EDT April 10: Officials with Old National Bank traveled to the bank’s location on East Main Street in downtown Louisville Monday following a deadly shooting earlier in the day.

“The safety of Old National Bank employees and everyone we serve in our banking center locations is paramount,” bank CEO Jim Ryan said in a statement shared on social media. “As we await more details, we are deploying employee assistance support and keeping everyone affected by this tragedy in our thoughts and prayers.”

Earlier, police said the lone suspected gunman appeared to have been a previous employee of the bank. Details about when he worked at Old National Bank and the circumstances around his exit were not immediately made public.

Gov. Beshear says 2 friends killed, another hurt in shooting

Update 12 p.m. EDT April 10: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear reiterated calls for prayers for the victims of Monday’s shooting, saying at a news conference that two of his close friends were killed and another was injured in the attack.

“This is awful,” the governor said at a news conference. “When we all talk about praying, I hope people will, for those that we are hoping can make it through the surgeries that they’re going through. And then we’ve got to do what we’ve done these last three years after everything: We’ve got to wrap our arms around these families.”

Beshear said his 2015 campaign for Kentucky attorney general “was out of that building.”

“I know virtually everyone in it,” he said. “That’s my bank.”

Police earlier said four people were killed and eight injured after a gunman opened fire at Old National Bank. Investigators believe the shooter was a previous employee of the bank.

Mayor asks for prayers for victims of Monday’s shooting

Update 11:50 a.m. EDT April 10: Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg asked people to pray for the victims of Monday’s shooting who remain hospitalized “fighting for their lives as a result of another act of gun violence.”

“My prayers go out to the families who have lost loved ones today,” he said. “My prayers go out to the officers who are at the hospital right now, and my thanks for all of them.”

Deputy Chief Col. Paul Humphrey said the gunman was still firing shots when police arrived in response to calls of an “active aggressor” at Old National Bank.

“It is clear from the officer’s response that they absolutely saved people’s lives,” he said.

Shooter appears to be previous bank employee, police say

Update 11:35 a.m. EDT April 10: Police said the gunman who opened fire at a bank in downtown Louisville on Monday morning had a connection to the business.

“We’re trying to establish what that connection was to the business but it appears he was a previous employee,” Deputy Chief Col. Paul Humphrey said at a news conference. He added that authorities believe the shooter was acting alone.

At least four people died and eight others were injured after the shooter, who has not been identified, opened fire at Old National Bank. Authorities continue to investigate.

2 police officers among those injured

Update 11:25 a.m. EDT April 10: Authorities said that at least two Louisville Metro Police Department officers are among the eight people injured in Monday morning’s shooting at the Old National Bank in Louisville.

One of the officers was in critical condition and undergoing surgery at the University of Louisville Hospital, authorities said. One other person was also in critical condition, officials said.

Police said they continue working to identify the victims.

“This will be a long scene,” Police Deputy Chief Col. Paul Humphrey said at a news conference. “It will take pretty much into the night.”

Police: At least 4 killed, 8 injured in shooting

Update 11:20 a.m. EDT April 10: Police revised the number of victims in Monday’s shooting, saying at least four people were killed and at least eight others were injured.

The shooter is also dead after exchanging gunfire with officers. It was not immediately clear whether he died of a self-inflicted wound or whether officers killed him, police said.

Earlier, officials said at least five people were dead and six others injured.

Police share timeline of shooting response

Update 10:50 a.m. EDT April 10: Police said they responded to calls of an “active aggressor” at the Old National Bank on East Main Street in downtown Louisville around 8:30 a.m. A gunman had opened fire and killed at least five people, authorities said. Six others, including a police officer, were injured.

“The lone shooter is deceased,” police said in a series of social media posts. “There is no longer a danger to the public.”

Officials asked that people continue to avoid the area.

‘Active shooter!’: Video shows early response to bank shooting

Update 10:40 a.m. EDT April 10: Video posted on social media showed officers responding to a shooting Monday morning at the Old National Bank at 333 East Main St. in downtown Louisville as gunfire was ongoing.

“Active shooter!” a person can be heard yelling in the clip.

Authorities said one police officer was among the at least six people injured Monday. Five people were killed, and officials said the shooter was also dead following the gunfire.

At least 5 killed, 6 injured, police say

Update 10:24 a.m. EDT April 10: Police confirmed that at least five people were killed and six others injured in Monday’s shooting.

Officers, fire officials and medics found gunfire ongoing when they responded to a report of the shooting early Monday at the Old National Bank at 333 East Main St. Among those injured was a police officer, officials said.

At a news conference Monday, police said that the shooter has also been killed, although the circumstances surrounding his death were not immediately clear.

Authorities did not elaborate on the conditions of those injured.

Original report: In a statement posted on social media, the Louisville Metro Police Department said officers were responding to a reported incident in the 300 block of East Main Street. A shooting was reported around 8:30 a.m. at Old National Bank, WAVE and WDRB reported.

“There are multiple casualties,” police said.

Authorities did not immediately elaborate on the extent or number of injuries. At least three ambulances were seen leaving the scene, according to WDRB.

In a Twitter post, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said police confirmed the situation was a shooting.

“Please pray for the families impacted and for the city of Louisville,” the governor said.

Check back for updates to this developing story.