JUST IN: Critically injured rookie Louisville officer, 26, 'ran towards the gunfire to save lives'
Nickolas Wilt, 26, was shot in the head by gunman Connor Sturgeon inside Old National Bank on Main Street and taken to the University of Louisville Hospital in critical condition.Both Mayor Craig Greenberg and interim Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel, who led the public reaction to Monday’s shooting, helped swear him in,Officer Wilt “ran towards the gunfire today to save lives,” the Louisville police department tweeted in praise of him.
Four people in the bank — Tommy Elliott, Josh Barrick, Jim Tutt and Juliana Farmer — were killed, as was Sturgeon.
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