A fresh mass shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, US, has left five people dead inside the building and six others injured.
According to Louisville Metro Police Department, the shooter of the incident which occurred on Monday morning, April 10, 2023, is dead.
The police said it responded to “an active aggressor” around 8:30 a.m. at the Old National Bank on East Main Street.
patchers heard on the police scanners have indicated that the shooting occurred on the first floor of the building, which is in front of Louisville Slugger Stadium.
The injured have been transferred to local hospitals after the incident, police added.
Sources say cops had to force their way into the building, where they confronted the gunman in an apparently bloody battle.
At least a dozen police cars and three ambulances have responded to the area according to witnesses on social media, and stretchers were seen being rolled onto some ambulances as blood and glass were seen scattered around the ground.
FBI Louisville described the incident as a shooting, and other officials urged residents to stay away from the area.