By New York Post. A lone gunman stormed a bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday morning, killing four people and injuring eight others before dying in a confrontation with police.
Officials later identified the suspect as Connor Sturgeon, 23.
Sturgeon worked as a summer intern for the bank for three consecutive years, eventually joining as a commercial development professional in 2021 and a full-time associate and portfolio banker last year, according to his LinkedIn account. . .
Sturgeon had been told he was going to be fired from the bank, according to CNN, who also reported he had left a note for his parents and a friend saying he was going to shoot up the bank. . .
Sturgeon was a graduate of the University of Alabama, where he earned a master of science in finance in 2020. (Read more from “Everything We Know About Louisville Bank Shooter” HERE)
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Louisville Shooter Connor Sturgeon’s Pronouns Spark Outrage
By Newsweek. The use of pronouns on LinkedIn by the suspected Louisville, Kentucky, shooter has drawn outrage on social media. . .
Police said the shooter was fatally shot by responding officers. Before his identification by police, social media users shared screenshots of a LinkedIn profile associated with Sturgeon that showed the use of the pronouns he/him, which has brought some criticism online.
Sebastian Gorka, a conservative commentator and ex-adviser to former President Donald Trump, wrote on Twitter that Sturgeon was “proudly displaying his “pronouns” online” and called this a “#RedFlag.”
(Read more from “Louisville Shooter Connor Sturgeon’s Pronouns Spark Outrage” HERE)
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Louisville Shooting: What We Know About the Bank Employee Who Killed 5 People
By Forbes. . .Police identified the shooter as Connor Sturgeon, who they say live-streamed his killing of four Old National Bank employees: 64-year-old market executive Jim Tutt, 63-year-old senior vice president Tommy Elliott, 57-year-old commercial banking agent Juliana Farmer and 40-year-old senior vice president of commercial real estate Josh Barrick. . .
The outlet also reported Sturgeon appeared to operate two since-removed Twitter accounts where he posted about sports, along with support for the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020 and criticism of then-President Donald Trump.
An essay in Sturgeon’s name on his “Personal Code of Ethics” was uploaded to CourseHero in 2018, where he outlined self-esteem issues that he said gave him “a somewhat negative self-image,” though he indicated it was improving. (Read more from “Louisville Shooting: What We Know About the Bank Employee Who Killed 5 People” HERE)
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Louisville Shooter Connor Sturgeon Was Star Athlete but Suffered ‘Multiple Concussions’
By New York Post. The man suspected of killing four and injuring nine at the Old National Bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, was a star athlete in high school who allegedly suffered so many concussions he wore a helmet at basketball games. . .
Back when he was a freshman at the Floyd Central High School in Floyds Knobs, Indiana, Sturgeon was an all-round athlete, playing basketball, football and running track.
As his father was the head coach of the team, a former classmate told The Daily Beast Sturgeon was known as “Mr. Floyd Central.”
However, the classmate, who asked to remain anonymous, noted Sturgeon oddly wore a helmet while playing basketball due to multiple concussions he suffered while playing football. . .
“We played football together in eighth grade. He was out most of the year because he had multiple concussions,” he said. “Then he had a couple more in high school.” (Read more from “Louisville Shooter Connor Sturgeon Was Star Athlete but Suffered ‘Multiple Concussions’” HERE)
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