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gun-control2 years ago

Controversy over auctioning guns used in shootings reignites after Louisville bank shooting.

The family of the Louisville bank shooter and the city's mayor are calling for a change in Kentucky law that requires confiscated guns to be sold at public auction, including the AR-15-style rifle used in the recent shooting. The law, in place since 2016, sets a clear process for the firearms' fate, but the family wants the rifle to be legally destroyed. Kentucky has some of the highest firearm death rates in the US, and experts attribute gun violence to relaxed laws in obtaining firearms and the absence of any training requirements to handle a legally purchased gun.

via CNN|
#ar-15#gun-auction#gun-control
gun-control2 years ago

Louisville Shooter's Family Demands Destruction of AR-15 Used in Rampage.

The family of Connor Sturgeon, who killed five people in a Louisville bank with an AR-15, is calling for changes to Kentucky law that requires guns seized by police to be recirculated to the public via auction. The family wants the weapon to be destroyed and is working with the Louisville Metro Police Department and the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to ensure it is legally destroyed. Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg has also pleaded with Kentucky's Republican-controlled legislature to make changes to the law.

via WDRB|
#ar-15#gun-auction#gun-control
crime2 years ago

Louisville's Week of Violence: Mass Shooting and Homicides Rock the City.

The father of the Louisville bank shooter, Connor Sturgeon, has said that his son will be tested posthumously for Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) due to high school "concussions". Sturgeon's family have said he suffered from "mental health challenges" but showed no warning signs of what he planned to do before he carried out the shooting at the Old National Bank on Monday. Funeral arrangements were released on Thursday for most of the five bank employees killed in the massacre, with the first taking place for Tommy Elliott on Friday. Chilling 911 calls have also been released of terrified bank employees reporting the shooting.

via The Independent|
#911-calls#connor-sturgeon#crime
crime2 years ago

Louisville Bank Shooting: Emotional Toll on Doctors and Mother's 911 Call.

The mother of the Louisville bank shooter called 911 saying that her son “currently has a gun and is heading toward” the Old National Bank in the city’s downtown. After a minute of shooting, the gunman sits down in the lobby of the building, in an area facing the street, seemingly waiting for law enforcement to arrive. About 90 seconds later, the police arrive at the scene, gunfire is exchanged and the shooter is shot and killed. Sturgeon ultimately shot 13 people, killing five of them.

via The Independent|
#bank-shooting#crime#gun-violence
crime2 years ago

Louisville Shooting Tragedy: 911 Calls and Community Response.

The mother of the Louisville shooter called 911 to report her son's intention to carry out a shooting at his workplace. The shooting left five people dead and nine others injured. The family of the shooter released a statement saying he had mental health issues that they had been "actively addressing" before the shooting. The incident brought the number of people killed by gun violence in Louisville to 40 in 2023 so far. The U.S. has seen 146 mass shootings in 2023, the most at this point in the year since 2016, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

via Reuters|
#crime#emergency-calls#gun-violence
crime2 years ago

Louisville Bank Shooting: New Details and Grief in the Aftermath.

Audio of 911 calls and body camera footage have been released, providing details of the chaotic scene surrounding the Louisville shooting that killed five people and injured eight others. The shooter's mother had warned police that her son was heading towards the bank with a gun, but it was too late. The shooter, identified as Connor Sturgeon, had mental health challenges, according to his family. Two police officers arrived at the scene three minutes after being dispatched and were met with gunfire, but their quick response likely saved lives. Officer Nickolas Wilt remains in critical condition after being shot in the head.

via USA TODAY|
#911-calls#crime#louisville-shooting
news2 years ago

"Louisville Mass Shooting: Calls for Action and New Details Emerge"

Police released body-camera footage of the Louisville shooting where a gunman fatally shot five of his co-workers at a bank on Monday. The U.S. outlined drastic options for cutting Colorado River water use due to decades of drought. The EPA proposed its toughest vehicle emissions limits that could lead to 67% of all new car and light-duty truck sales being electric by 2032. Inflation continued to slow down last month, but prices are still way above normal. A toxic industrial fire in Indiana forced thousands to evacuate.

via The Washington Post|
#colorado-river#industrial-fire#inflation
politics2 years ago

Controversy Surrounds Auction of Gun Used in Louisville Shooting Under State Law

The AR-15-style rifle used in the deadly Louisville shooting that killed five people will be auctioned off to the public in the future, according to Mayor Craig Greenberg. He called for a change to the state law that mandates guns confiscated by local police be returned to state police and then put up for purchase at auction. Greenberg appealed to the state’s GOP-led legislature to allow local municipalities to regulate their own firearm ordinances, which would allow his administration to “destroy the guns that have been used to kill our friends.”

via The Daily Beast|
#ar-15-rifle#gun-control#kentucky-law
crime2 years ago

Louisville Mourns 5 Dead and Critically Injured Cop in Shooting Tragedy.

Five people were killed and eight others injured in a mass shooting at the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky. The victims have been identified as Joshua Barrick, Deana Eckert, Thomas Elliott, Juliana Farmer, and James Tutt. Among the injured is a 26-year-old police officer who had just graduated from the Louisville Metro Police Department Training Academy. The officer underwent brain surgery and is in critical but stable condition. The shooting is a developing story.

via ABC News|
#crime#developing-story#louisville-shooting