this is an unimaginable tragedy for our community is mary greenberg mentioned dana eckert passed away last night. a truly lovely woman. jim tut. is no longer with us. josh barrack. is no longer with us. the woman who was the maid of honor in our wedding. and for whom we are the godparents of two of their children called me yesterday from the barracks house and said, i m with jessica barrick. she hasn t heard from her husband. can you find out if he s alive? i called el npd, and as they did everything yesterday were quick in their response. i had to call back and say i cannot confirm anything. he is not on the list of survivors. and she had to tell their two small children. that their father would never come home from work. juliana farmer. there s no longer with us. tommy elliott. my friend. there is no longer with us. because it s louisville. i didn t just know tommy. a new tommy. well his wife. even worked with my wife. for a time at a company here in town. their lives have
right. it s the top of the hour in the cnn newsroom. i m fredricka whitfield in new york and we are moments away from an update on today s deadly mass shooting in louisville, kentucky. a gunman opening fire at a downtown bank, killing at least four people and wounding nine others. police responded quickly getting into a gunfight with the shooter. two officers were injured in the exchange, with one now in critical condition. the shooter is dead and police are still trying to piece together how he was killed and why the former bank employee may have gone on this shooting spree. officials are expecting to hold a briefing at any moment. of course, we ll take that to you, but before it begins, let s go first to cnn s shimon prokupecz. so shimon, what do we know about how all of this unfolded right so sometimes around 8 30 this morning after a 30 before the bank was open. the shooting took place police saying that they were there within three minutes. just think about that for the
is thank you so much. and just a week after a gunman killed five of his coworkers in louisville. bank there s been another mass shooting in the city. here s what we know about this incident , police say someone fired into a large crowd at a park in louisville last night, killing at least two people for others or in the hospital. at least one is in critical condition. authorities are still working to identify the gunman and piece together a motive. the mayor addressed both shootings last night. this is frustrating. this is very frustrating. i know that monday was a very high profile event. but. for l. npd for ams for fire university hospital for this community. this is every night. this is not okay. turn yourself in. the best thing for you to do is to turn yourself in. we know that this will not end well. the best case scenario is free to turn yourself in. and
this is an unimaginable tragedy for our community is mary greenberg mentioned dana eckert passed away last night. a truly lovely woman. jim tut. is no longer with us. josh barrack. is no longer with us. the woman who was the maid of honor in our wedding. and for whom we are the godparents of two of their children called me yesterday from the barracks house and said, i m with jessica barrick. she hasn t heard from her husband. can you find out if he s alive? i called el npd, and as they did everything yesterday were quick in their response. i had to call back and say i cannot confirm anything. he is not on the list of survivors. and she had to tell their two small children. that their father would never come home from work. juliana farmer. there s no longer with us. tommy
support been with all the families today to show our love and support for them. and if anything else that they need from el npd, we will provide that. the next few days are important and very critical for nicholas is recovery. this will be a long complex investigation involving local state and our federal partners. i would be remiss if i did not acknowledge. federal partners who have just been just outstanding. our local partners. a t f f b. i thank you. our local partners. university of local police. e. m s. emergency management services. thank you. thank you for everything. and for my l mpd officers. who took it upon themselves and that weight to assess everything but just went in to stop the threat so that more lives would not be lost. thank you. thank you for showing