Louisville Shooter’s Mother Call To 911 Released

The mother of the gunman involved in the deadly shooting at Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky made a 911 call to alert police about her son heading to the bank with a gun. Louisville officials released the audio of her call on Wednesday, including other 911 calls made during the attack, which killed five people and injured eight more.

The woman learned about what her son was planning from her son’s roommate and noted that he was an employee at the bank. She did not believe her son owned a gun but suggested that her son’s girlfriend might have a firearm. She added that her son was a “good kid” who had not hurt anyone before. There are breaks in the roughly three-minute audio that was released, and the mother seems unaware that the attack on the bank had already started. At the end of the audio, she was advised not to head to the bank because it was “dangerous there,” as other calls indicated.

In explaining why the audio had been released, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said that “transparency is important, even more so in times of crisis,” and that parts of the audio had been redacted to protect the privacy of those involved.

The gunman, a 25-year-old employee at the bank, died during a confrontation with responding police. Authorities said the suspect owned a rifle, which he legally purchased, and was live-streaming during the attack. No motive has been announced, and The Daily Wire is not naming the suspect to avoid giving mass shooters undue notoriety.

The Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) released body-cam footage showing the officers’ response. The LMPD credited Nickolas Wilt and Cory “CJ” Galloway, the two officers who were the first to arrive at the scene, with being heroes. Wilt, who recently graduated from the police academy, was shot in the head while confronting the shooter and was listed in critical condition after being given brain surgery.

Joshua Barrick, 40; Thomas Elliott, 63; James Tutt, 64; Juliana Farmer, 45; and Deana Eckert, 57, were identified as the victims who died in the attack. Elliott, the bank’s vice president, was well-known by local and national politicians, with Governor Andy Beshear and Senator Rick Scott expressing their condolences.

A vigil is planned for 5 p.m. Wednesday at the local Muhammad Ali Center “to acknowledge the wounds, physical and emotional, that gun violence leaves behind,” Greenberg said.

*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases