Ex-Staff Storms Bank, Opens Fire on Workers, Killing Three (Pictured)

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Louisville police have confirmed the names of five people that died in a mass shooting on Monday.

Joshua Barrick, 40, Thomas Elliott, 63, Juliana Farmer, 45, James Tutt, 64, and Deana Eckert, 57, had all been killed by Connor Sturgeon at the Old National Bank in Louisville.

The shooting was first reported on Monday morning in Louisville, Kentucky, when former bank employee Sturgeon stormed the building with an AR-15 rifle and opened fire.

Police arrived as shots were still being fired inside Old National Bank and killed the shooter in an exchange of gunfire, Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said.

Nine people, including two police officers, were treated for injuries from the Louisville shooting.

One of the officers, 26-year-old Nickolas Wilt, graduated from the police academy on March 31. He was in critical condition after being shot in the head and having surgery, the police chief said.

At least three patients had been discharged.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said he lost one of his closest friends in the shooting – Tommy Elliott – in the building not far from the minor league ballpark Louisville Slugger Field and Waterfront Park.

“Tommy Elliott helped me build my law career, helped me become governor, gave me advice on being a good dad,” said Beshear.

“He’s one of the people I talked to most in the world, and very rarely were we talking about my job. He was an incredible friend.”

Also killed in the shooting were Josh Barrick, Jim Tutt and Juliana Farmer, police said.

“These are irreplaceable, amazing individuals that a terrible act of violence tore from all of us,” the governor said.