Mayor Greenberg Urges Louisville Community to Seek Comfort in Each Other After Tragic Mass Shooting

On Wednesday evening, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg called on his grieving community to seek comfort in each other during a vigil, hours after officials released 911 calls revealing the horrific moments of a mass shooting that left five dead and eight wounded.

The shooting occurred Monday at Old National Bank in downtown Louisville. During the vigil at the Muhammad Ali Center Plaza, Greenberg acknowledged the losses of the employees gunned down at their workplace by a coworker.

The 911 calls revealed the panic and fear of the victims, including from a woman who was on a virtual meeting and saw the shooter, as well as one from the man’s mother, who told a 911 operator that her son “currently has a gun and is heading toward” the bank.

“It’s important that we take time to acknowledge those losses and what they mean for us as people and as a community,” Greenberg said. “So, that later we can gather our energies and focus on preventing these tragedies.”

The gunman’s mother was heard in one of the 911 calls saying, “He’s never hurt anyone, he’s a good kid.” None of the callers are identified by name and other information is edited out of the calls.

The vigil was a time for the community to come together and honor the victims of the tragedy. Greenberg encouraged the community to use the time to reflect on the losses and to focus on preventing similar tragedies in the future.