The Louisville Metro Police Department has released dramatic bodycam video of officers responding to the Monday bank shooting where five people were killed and an officer fatally shot the gunman.
The bodycam video shows the tense moments between police officers and the shooter, Connor Sturgeon. It begins with video from Officer Nickolas Wilt who drives up to the scene with his training officer, identified as Cory “CJ” Galloway.
Wilt, police say, was shot in the head as he ran toward the gunshots police were facing as they arrived. He is listed in critical condition. Wilt’s camera shows him following Galloway up the outside steps to the bank, his service pistol in his two hands. The video cuts off before he is shot.
Bodycam footage from Galloway, who was also shot, shows him taking fire, then retreating to a safe position behind a planter as officers talk about how they can’t see the gunman and that he is shooting through windows in the front of the bank.
“Shooter has an angle on that officer!” one officer can be heard saying. “We got to get up there!” he adds.
Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey said the gunman broke out glass from the lobby windows and when he fired, officers – who could finally pinpoint his location – shot back.
As he looks into the bank lobby, Galloway’s camera audio sounds out with several shots.
“Suspect down, get the officer!!” one officer yells as he moves up the stairs and into the bank to investigate further.
Humphrey lauded the actions of the officers.
“Officer Wilt was a brand new officer, he had no experience. He was going based on two things: his training and his character. And you will see that he never hesitates – even after getting shot at,” Humphrey said at a news conference where nine minutes of video was released.
When the shooting was over, officers and teams from other agencies reentered the bank with supplies and started providing medical treatment right away, Humphrey told reporters.
After talking to medical staff, Humphrey said it is “100% certainty” that those swift actions saved lives.
“The actions that they took to follow up after being shot at themselves, to be compassionate and provide medical treatment, absolutely saved lives that day,” Humphrey said
Officers took Wilt to the hospital in a patrol vehicle, officials said.
