The Louisville gunman's mother tried to prevent the mayhem, reaching out to police and saying her son “currently has a gun and is heading toward” the bank, but it was too late.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A frantic call from an Old National Bank employee and a much calmer one from a co-worker hiding in a closet provided Louisville police the first indications of the carnage caused by a gunman’s attack, according to audio of 911 calls released Wednesday.
“Oh my God, there’s an active shooter there,” says a panicked woman identified as the first 911 caller. “I just watched it on a Teams meeting. ... We were having a board meeting with our commercial team.” Another call came from a woman who says her son was heading toward the bank with a gun, saying his roommate had called expressing concern. She identifies herself as Sturgeon's mother.
She asks whether she should go to the bank and the operator warns her against it, saying police officers have responded. As Louisville police seek a motive, Interim Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel denied reports that Sturgeon was about to get fired from his job at the bank. She told CNN on Wednesday that "there was no discussion about him being terminated.''
A bullet grazed fellow officer Cory Galloway, Wilt's field trainer, on his left side. Galloway found cover behind a large planter and eventually fired the round that took down the assailant. At that point, Galloway is shown firing several shots. The gunshots are audible, but the footage does not offer a clear view of the fatal shot. Humphrey said Galloway did not have a "close-range shot" and the stairs obscured his camera angle.
"I think everybody's just in shock, and you have to have some way to express yourself in your grief," he said. "And I'm trying to understand. It just doesn't make sense."
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