LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Authorities have identified the five victims killed during a mass shooting at the Old National Bank in downtown Louisville.
The suspect was identified as a 25-year-old employee at the bank.
Police said the suspect used a rifle to fire several rounds inside a first-floor conference room early Monday morning.
Louisville Metro Police said the suspect was killed in a gunfight with police.
All of the victims were employees of Old National Bank.
A UofL Health spokesperson said of the nine patients that were admitted to the hospital, three are still being treated. Officer Nickolas Wilt is still in critical condition, and two other patients are in fair condition.
That means one person that was in critical condition has improved the spokesperson added.
UofL Health said five of the injured patients have been discharged.
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Deana Eckert, 57
Louisville Metro Police confirmed Deana Eckert died Monday evening. According to her LinkedIn, she was an executive administrative officer at Old National Bank.
Tuesday, her cousin, Michelle Davis, spoke with WHAS11 and said she had just talked with Eckert on Easter Sunday.
"She said 'can I call you tomorrow,' I said yeah and she said 'I'll call you tomorrow after work.'" Davis said. "Tomorrow never came for that."
Davis said Eckert was a loving mother, wife and sibling, describing her as a beautiful soul.
"She was the one to straighten us up and make us mind and do right," Davis said. "She always, always had something positive to say. She always found the good, no matter how ugly or dark or black a circumstance was."
She said Eckert fought hard through multiple surgeries before passing away Monday evening.
"She never had anything bad to say about anybody, so to see this happen to her and her being taken from us, it's just not fair and it doesn't make sense," Davis added.
Davis said the family is working on arranging a memorial. She asked for prayers from the community.
Thomas Elliott, 63
Thomas Elliott was the senior vice president at Old National Bank. He was also a close friend to both Mayor Craig Greenberg and Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear.
"Tommy Elliott helped me build my law career, helped me become governor, gave me advice on being a good dad," Beshear said. "He was one of the people I talk to most in the world and very rarely were we talking about my job. He was an incredible friend."
Former Mayor Greg Fischer also expressed his condolences to Elliott's family. He said he leaves behind a wife and three daughters.
James 'Jim' Tutt, 64
Tutt was a market executive at Old National Bank. He was previously a board member of the Louisville downtown partnership.
According to his Linkedin, Tutt was a Frankfort native who graduated from the University of Kentucky. He had almost 40 years of experience as a commercial finance professional. Of those, he spent 30 years in commercial banking.
He was involved in professional education for over two decades; he was on the Faculty of the RMA Ohio Valley Chapter Commercial Lending School at Ball State and the University of Indianapolis from 1994-2004, and on the Commercial Real Estate Faculty of the Risk Management Association in Philadelphia for the past 13 years according to his LinkedIn.
Tutt had served on the board of the Downtown Development Corporation since 2018, most recently as treasurer.
"Jim was very helpful to me as I started my role with Louisville Downtown Partnership last year and had an “open-door policy” with taking any call or question," LDP's Rebecca Fleischaker wrote in a statement. "The Louisville Downtown Partnership staff send our love and heartfelt condolences to his wife and family as well as his Old National family, for enduring what should be the unthinkable. Jim will be deeply missed."
WHAS11 also spoke with Joseph Waldman, founder of Highgates Development, which worked closely with Old National Bank.
Waldman said he'd gotten to know Tutt well, and they often talked about much more than business.
"He was in his 60's, he was young, he was full of life, he just was a special good person and to see something like this happen breaks my heart," he said.
Waldman said Tutt was very involved with an apartment development in southwest Jefferson County. The company hopes to work with Metro Council to rename one of the roads near the development for Tutt.
"They're going to drive down that road and I don't know if every single day they'll think of Jim Tutt, but there are going to be times they'll ask 'why is it called Jim Tutt Way' and they'll remember," Waldman said.
Joshua Barrick, 40
Barrick was a senior vice president within the commercial real estate banking group at Old National Bank, according to his LinkedIn.
Father Shayne Duvall from Holy Trinity Church said Barrick was one of their parishioners.
"Even in this season of Easter joy and hope, sadness and darkness find their way into our lives...Josh was one of the many victims who died in the tragic mass shooting this morning at the Old National Bank in downtown Louisville. Our hearts are heavy, they are broken, and we are searching for answers."
Duvall called Barrick a "lovely, lovely man."
"He was just involved. I mean he would come to mass, be involved in prayer groups, he had a lot of friends, just a lovely, lovely man," he said.
Juliana Farmer, 45
Julianna Farmer was a commercial banking agent at Old National Bank, according to Greater Louisville Inc.
People who knew her told WHAS11 she had just started working at the bank a few weeks ago. They said she was expecting a grandchild soon.
A GoFundMe has been organized by "Victims First," a group made of families who have been affected by other mass shootings around the country.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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