During a 3 p.m. press conference, Louisville Metropolitan Police Department Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel identified Officer Nicholas (Nick) Wilt as the officer who was critically wounded while engaging the Old National Bank attacker Monday morning.
WGRZ reported that Wilt is 26-years-old and he was shot in the head.
ABC 7 published press conference video in which Chief Gwinn-Villaroel indicated Wilt had “just graduated from the police academy on March 31.”
She recalled swearing Wilt in and his family being there to see him become an officer.
Chief Gwinn-Villaroel explained that Wilt has undergone surgery today and emerged “in critical but stable condition.”
Credit: Louisville Metro Police Department / LOCAL NEWS X /TMXBreitbart News reported that Louisville police received a report of shots fired in the Old National Bank around 8:30 a.m. Monday morning and responded on scene within three minutes of being dispatched.
Four innocents were killed in the attack, and upwards of nine were injured, including Officer Wilt.
Police identified the attacker as a 23-year-old employee of the bank. Breitbart News noted that the attacker used the pronouns “he/him” on his LinkedIn page.
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