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
their children called me yesterday and said, i m with jessica.k she hasn t heard from her husband. can you find out if he is alive? i called the police department they were quick in their response i had to call back and say, i cannot confirm anything, but he is not on the list of survivors. she had to tell their two small children that their father would never come home from work. juliana farmer, tommy elliott, my friend, no longer with us because it s louisville, i didn t just know tommy i knew tommy well. his wife even worked with my wife for a time at a company here in town their lives have been forever changed. the people who knew them are forever changed. our community is forever changed. i am so grateful to the quick response of the louisville metro police department. chief, your team was incredible yesterday. to run head first into that gunfire without question saved lives. it also changed lives. officer wilt, as we know, is fighting right now after being struck in the
this grief. and turn it into action. i am a person of faith. i was raised in the church. we ve raised our kids in the church. please if you are a person of faith, and you want to give us your thoughts and your prayers, we want them. and we need them. our community is hurting. but we need policies in place. that will keep this from happening again so that thoughts and prayers do not have to be offered to get another community ripped apart. the savage violence coming from guns. look at what s happening. somebody tell me the other day. don t make this political fine. don t make this political people s lives aren t political. public safety isn t political. put those policies in place that put
that will keep this from happening again so that thoughts and prayers do not have to be offered to yet another community ripped apart by the savage violence coming from guns. look at what s happening i had somebody tell me the other day, don t make this political fine don t make this political. people s lives aren t political. public safety isn t political. put those policies in place that put people first, people over guns, kids over guns, public safety over guns because that is what we need to address this problem i m an optimist. maybe to be a democrat in kentucky you have to be. but i have seen us come together in the state legislature where i served before being elected to