Gunman kills 5 people, injures 8 in bank building in Kentucky

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Five people were killed and eight others were injured on Monday in a shooting at a bank building in Louisville, Kentucky, a state in the southeastern region of the United States, police said.

Six people including a police officer were transported to hospital, while the suspect shooter died on the scene, Louisville Metro Police Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey said.

The shooting took place in a building on East Main Street that houses the Old National Bank in Louisville.

Police deployed at the scene of a mass shooting near Slugger Field baseball stadium in downtown Louisville.

The suspected was a “previous employee” and investigators are not yet clear on how he died

“The shooter appears to be a former employee of the bank,” Humphrey said.

Reporting by Emma Jamal