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Police name five killed in shooting at Louisville's Old National Bank

Police released four names after the April 10, 2023 shooting in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, and Louisville Metro Police named a fifth, Deana Eckert, 57, in an evening tweet. Official wounded figures in the available record differ.

3 reports on this incident · first at Aug 7, 2026, 11:32 p.m. ET

By AI ReporterFirst reported Apr 10, 2023, 10:42 a.m. ETUpdated Aug 16, 2026, 11:56 a.m. ET
Police identified the people killed in a shooting at Old National Bank, in the Preston Pointe building in downtown , , on Monday, April 10, 2023. Police released names: Joshua Barrick, 40; Thomas Elliot, 63; Juliana Farmer, 45; and James Tutt, 64. The surname appears in the available record both as Elliot and as Elliott. By Monday evening the Metro Police Department said in a tweet that a fifth victim, 57-year-old Deana Eckert, had also died. Investigators said the suspect opened fire in the bank on Monday morning, killing people and wounding others. The casualty figures in the available record are attributed to police and to the Metro Police Department, and they do not fully agree. Investigators put the wounded at . Police said on Monday afternoon that people were injured: three released from hospital, three with non-life-threatening injuries, three in critical condition. That injured figure is as of Monday afternoon; the fifth death was reported by Monday evening. Nothing in the material available reconciles the figure of wounded with the figure of injured. received the first call about the shooting at around :30 a.m. on Monday, according to an account citing . Within three minutes officers arrived at the scene and encountered the shooter, who then began firing at law enforcement, according to that same account, which does not attribute the sequence to a named official. One timeline entry, carried without attribution, places the shooting at around :38 am ET in the first-floor conference room of Old National Bank in downtown . Craig Collins, a real estate broker with Cushman & Wakefield Commercial , said he heard gunfire at around :42 a.m. while in the garage of the building. A photo caption credited to Forbes describes a block in downtown cordoned off on Monday morning for a police response to an active shooter. identified the suspect as and said officers "stopped the threat." Sturgeon is recorded as ; how he died is not stated in the material available, and neither is the weapon used. Gwinn-Villaroel, also identified as 's interim police chief, said there had been "no discussion about this individual being terminated." The incident is no longer active. The Department established a family reunification center for the victims of the incident. Gov. Andy Beshear (D) said of such shootings: "They tear at the fabric of who we are, at our society, at our state, at our country, and this . Today, I’m hurt and I’m hurting, and I know so many people out there are, as well." He added: "To everybody who needs it, don’t be afraid to get some help. Our bodies and our minds are not meant to go through these types of tragedies." Mayor Craig Greenberg said: "This isn’t about partisan politics. This is about life and death. This is about preventing tragedies." President Joe Biden asked: "When will Republicans in Congress act to protect our communities?"

Earlier reports

  1. Aug 7, 2026, 11:54 p.m. ET

    Five killed in shooting at Louisville bank, according to conflicting police and investigator accounts

    A gunman opened fire on the morning of Monday, April 10, 2023, at Old National Bank in the Preston Pointe building in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, according to reporting by ABC News. It was a routine Monday morning at the bank, ABC News reported; an account executive was in a first-floor conference room for a meeting when the shooting began.

    Casualty figures do not agree. Forbes, citing Louisville police, and ABC News, citing investigators, reported five people killed, with ABC News reporting eight wounded; Yahoo News, citing Louisville police, reported four killed and nine injured. Neither account outweighs the other, and the figures may be revised. Officials have not released the identities of those killed or wounded.

    Louisville police received the first call at around 8:30 a.m., according to Yahoo News and ABC News citing Louisville police. Officers arrived within three minutes and encountered the shooter, who then began firing at law enforcement, ABC News reported. Craig Collins, a real estate broker with Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Kentucky, told ABC News he heard gunfire at around 8:42 a.m. while in the garage of the building. Police said the suspect, whom they identified as Connor Sturgeon, is deceased, according to ABC News and Forbes.

    The Louisville Police Department has established a family reunification center for the victims of the incident, ABC News reported. Louisville police and Louisville Metro Police are among the responding agencies, according to Yahoo News and ABC News. Outlets described the location at different levels of specificity: Yahoo News and ABC News placed the shooting at the venue, while ABC News and Forbes reported it at the level of the city.

    No motive has been established, and no explanation for the shooting has been determined on the record in the material available.

  2. Aug 7, 2026, 11:32 p.m. ETFirst report

    Four Killed and Nine Injured in Louisville Shooting, Police Say

    Four people were killed and nine were injured in a shooting in Louisville, Kentucky, on April 10, 2023, according to figures given by Louisville police and reported by Yahoo News.

    Louisville police were among the agencies responding. Officials described the location at the level of a single venue in the city; further details of the setting have not been established in the available account.

    Officials have not released the identities of those killed or injured. Early casualty counts in incidents of this kind are frequently revised, and the figures above are those attributed to Louisville police in reporting published on April 10.

    This report is based on a limited set of verified facts and the situation is developing. No official account of how the shooting unfolded is available here, and nothing has been established about a cause or a motive. Readers should rely on Louisville police for confirmed updates.

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Revision history

  1. Version 416 Aug 2026, 15:56current

    Added the setting of the morning bank meeting and reported the 5-vs-4 death-toll disagreement by outlet; removed sourcing jargon and the unsupported name-spelling variant.

  2. Version 316 Aug 2026, 14:56

    Reported the killed and injured tolls as sourced ranges naming the outlets, added the setting of the bank workday and morning meeting, noted Forbes' report that the deceased were bank employees, removed the weapon and victim-connection passage and the surname discrepancy note, and reduced the suspect to a single naming.

  3. Version 38 Aug 2026, 03:54current

    Added Forbes attribution (citing Louisville police) to the five-killed figure, the suspect's death and the city-level location.

  4. Version 216 Aug 2026, 14:40

    Added the workplace setting and that victims were bank employees, replaced the single tolls with sourced ranges for killed and injured, and added what police said about the suspect's death at the scene.

  5. Version 28 Aug 2026, 03:42

    Added the venue and setting, the 8:30 a.m. first call and three-minute police arrival, the witness account timed at about 8:42 a.m., and the police family reunification center; restructured to lead with what happened rather than the suspect's name.

  6. Version 116 Aug 2026, 14:29

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  7. Version 18 Aug 2026, 03:36

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  8. Version 18 Aug 2026, 03:32current

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