Police: Louisville shooter legally bought gun a week ago

WUKY | By Associated Press

Published April 11, 2023 at 12:05 PM EDT

A Louisville Metro Police officer walks outside of the home of the suspected shooter in the Camp Taylor neighborhood in Louisville, Ky., Monday, April 10, 2023. Police say a 23-year-old armed with a rifle opened fire at his Louisville workplace, the Old National Bank in downtown Louisville, killing and wounding several, and was killed by police responding to the shooting. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Police say the shooter who killed five people at a Louisville bank legally bought the weapon he used a week ago. Louisville Metro Police Department Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said at a Tuesday news conference that Connor Sturgeon bought the gun from a local dealership on April 4. Gwinn-Villaroel also said that officers’ body camera video from shooting will be released Tuesday afternoon. Sturgeon opened fire at a downtown bank Monday and was killed by police. The shooting comes just two weeks after a former student killed three children and three adults at a Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee.

The shooter who killed five people at a Louisville bank legally bought the weapon he used a week ago, police said Tuesday.

Louisville Metro Police Department Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said at a news conference that Connor Sturgeon bought the gun from a local dealership on April 4.

Gwinn-Villaroel also said that officers' body camera video from shooting will be released Tuesday afternoon.