The Louisville Metro Police Department has opened two separate investigations following Monday’s shooting at Old National Bank — one under the purview of homicide and another under the scope of its Public Integrity Unit, a police official said.
“Because of the complexity of the scene, we had made the determination yesterday to segment the internal shooting — where between the shooter and the employees, a homicide investigation — and then the Public Integrity Unit will be the external shooting incident, which was between the suspect and the officers,” Lt. Col. Aaron Crowell said at a news conference Tuesday. “So there’s two separate investigations going. Local Metro Police will be handling the Public Integrity Unit and the homicide investigation.”
How the events unfolded: The shooting began around 8:30 a.m. ET, police said, about 30 minutes before the bank opens to the public. Bank staff were holding their morning meeting in a conference room when the shooter opened fire, bank manager Rebecca Buchheit-Sims said.
One bank employee frantically called her husband as she sheltered inside a locked vault, the husband, Caleb Goodlett told CNN affiiliate WLKY. By the time he called 911, police were already aware of the shooting, he said.
The gunman, who was still firing when police arrived, was killed in a shootout with officers, police said.
Nickolas Wilt, a 26-year-old rookie officer, ran toward the gunfire and was shot in the head, interim Louisville Metro Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said. He had graduated from the police academy just 10 days before the shooting. The officer is sedated in the intensive care unit, Dr. Jason Smith, the chief medical officer at UofL Health, said at Tuesday’s news conference.
CNN’s John Miller, Laura Ly, Artemis Moshtaghian, Celina Tebor, Caroll Alvarado, Kristina Sgueglia, Sara Smart and Eric Levenson contributed to this report.