Louisville police release bodycam footage showing fatal confrontation with shooter Connor Sturgeon

The Louisville Metro Police Department released body camera footage of the moment officers confronted suspected shooter Connor Sturgeon inside the Old National Bank.

Sturgeon, 25, entered the Kentucky bank where he was employed around 8:30 a.m. Monday, armed with an AR-15 rifle he purchased last week, police said.

The banker opened fire on co-workers on the first floor of the building, killing five and injuring nine.

LMPD officers Cory Galloway and rookie Nick Wilt were the first officers to arrive about two minutes later, and police said Sturgeon was waiting to “ambush” responding cops.

The officers exchanged gunfire with Sturgeon and footage released Tuesday shows Galloway firing the shots that killed him.

Wilt was shot in the head and Galloway was grazed in the shoulder by a bullet in the exchange.

In the first video released by cops, Wilt and Galloway approach the bank in a police cruiser. As they park outside the building, Sturgeon opens fire on them, forcing the officers to quickly pull the car back.

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Galloway arms himself with his police rifle from the trunk while Wilt only has his police pistol. Galloway confirms shots are being fired inside the bank as they run toward the lobby.

LMPD Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey said Sturgeon had a better vantage point than the officers, who could not see into the lobby due to its tinted glass.

As Wilt and Galloway run up the steps and approach the front of the bank, nine shots are heard. Galloway, who is in the lead, rolls over and then drops down the stairs and takes cover.

He is separated from Wilt at this point, but it is understood the younger officer was able to fire into the building, despite being shot in the head.

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At this point, other officers are heard arriving.

Galloway says: “The shooter has an angle on that officer. We need to get up there, I don’t know where he’s at, the glass is blocking him.”

Galloway breathes heavily and tries to find an angle to shoot from as further cars and officers arrive and attempt to rescue Wilt. As they do so, Sturgeon fires at them.

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Around a minute later, more shots can be heard. Galloway repeats, “God, don’t have an angle,” then a pane of glass at the front of the bank is seen shattering. He moves slightly right and exchanges fire with Sturgeon, shooting four times.

He then shouts, “I think I got him down, I think he’s down, get down on the floor now, get down the stairs.”

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As he then moves up the stairs, he shouts, “Suspect down, get the officer.” Galloway then steps through the broken glass on the floor into the bank and approaches Sturgeon, who is slumped on the floor with his left hand across his stomach and his rifle lying next to him. The building was confirmed secure by police by 8:45 a.m., around 15 minutes after the carnage began.

Humphrey said Wilt, who had only been sworn into the force a week earlier, went into the situation and acted based on his “training and his character. He did not hesitate even when being shot at.

“This young man went back in to the line of fire in order to protect others, and you’re going to see that and how he made his decisions and how they ultimately protected other people’s lives.”

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Wilt, 26, was transported to the hospital and underwent brain surgery Monday, but is said to be in critical but stable condition.

Officials identified the five victims killed in the spree as Tommy Elliott, 63, Jim Tutt, 64, Joshua Barrick, 40, Juliana Farmer, 45, and Deanna Eckert, 57.

Two victims remain in the ICU, including Wilt, who is still sedated.