shooting. six people were injured. they have been taken to the hospital. we do not know their conditions at this time. we are hearing that one of the people who was injured is a police officer, one of the responding police officers. the police department, louisville police department say they arrived within minutes of this shooting and the shooter is dead. this happened at 8:30 at an old national bank location in downtown louisville. you can see just a gorgeous day there. a lot of people starting their week. you can see videos online of authorities responding and then you can hear multiple rounds being fired in the background. a witness says a man walked in and started shooting. the same witness told local media he walked in with an assault rifle. again, the shooter is dead. you see we re waiting to learn more from local authorities. they do have multiple law enforcement agencies on scene right now. the f.b.i., the a.t. f.also there alongside louisville police. we will learn
fox news top of the hour, three big stories topping the news. china s military carrying out massive blockade drills around taiwan today. china announced three days of drills on saturday after taiwan s president met in california with house speaker kevin mccarthy. protests expected in tennessee today where the state legislature is back in session for the first time since it voted to expel two democrats for their role in a chaotic gun control protest. a at the detention of erin gershkovitch. more on those stories throughout the hour. first. someone got shot. dana: the army sergeant convicted in the death of a black lives protestors in 2020 says it is self-defense but facing a possible sentence of life in prison. texas governor abbott is calling for the state to grant a pardon. that is developing now. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. good morning. bill: i know you had a good weekend. excellent. great easter weekend, thank you. i m bill hemmer
five killed. six at the hospital. we re waiting for the details. sandra smith is in for harris and the faulkner focus will take it from here. we ll have that press conference for you in just a few minutes. sandra: thank you. fox news alert. five people killed in the shooting in downtown louisville this morning. s six others taken to the hospital including a police officer. the shooter is also dead. we expect an update as dana and bill just mentioned any moment now on the ground there in louisville. more details expected as the police chief on the ground told reporters earlier that the officers who arrived on the scene quote encountered active gunshots still being fired inside the location at the time they arrived. let s get to nate foye following everything that has happened so far as we await the update from the police. what we know right now from louisville police is that five people were killed in this