Death toll in Monday’s shooting in Louisville, Kentucky, rises to five — police
US President Joe Biden expressed his condolences in connection with the tragedy and called upon Republicans in Congress to act on gun control legislation
NEW YORK, April 11. /TASS/. The death toll in a shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, has risen to five, police reported on Monday evening.
According to the police, a 56-year-old woman who was injured in the attack has died at the hospital. Earlier reports said four people were killed and another nine injured in the incident at the Old National Bank on Monday, including a policeman.
The police also said the gunman, Connor Sturgeon, an employee of the bank, was 25 and not 23, as was previously reported. The shooter was armed with an AR-15 rifle; he was killed by the police at the scene of the crime.
US President Joe Biden expressed his condolences in connection with the tragedy and called upon Republicans in Congress to act on gun control legislation.