A 23-year-old bank employee opened fire at his workplace Monday in Louisville, in the US state of Kentucky, killing four people and wounding nine in a live-streamed attack before police shot and killed him. | AFP
“His weapon of choice was a rifle,” she said without specifying if it was an assault weapon of the kind often used in the massacres that have become tragically common in the United States.
There was no immediate word on the suspect’s motive, but CNN cited a law enforcement source as saying he had just been informed he was losing his job. “Too many Americans are paying for the price of inaction with their lives,” Biden wrote on Twitter, adding: “When will Republicans in Congress act to protect our communities?”The incident triggered a massive police deployment outside the Old National Bank building.
“Gunfire erupted, like, right over my head,” said the woman, who gave her name only as Debbie. “When I turned, I saw that one of the windows in the bank had been blown out,” she added.
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