Louisville shooting audio released, including call from shooter’s mother 

Authorities on Monday released the audio of the 911 calls reporting an active shooter at a bank in downtown Louisville on Monday.

25-year-old Connor Sturgeon opened fire at the Old National Bank branch in Louisville on April 10, killing five people and wounding eight others before being killed by a police officer. 

One of the calls reporting the active shooter at the bank was from Sturgeon’s own mother, Lisa Sturgeon. 

"He has a gun, and he's heading toward the Old National… on Main Street here in Louisville," she told the police. "This is his mother. I'm so sorry, I'm getting details secondhand."

"He's not violent," she says. "He's never done anything,” adding that her son’s roommate had called her to report that something was wrong. 

Another 911 caller told police she was attending a virtual meeting with her colleagues at the bank when she saw the massacre unfold on her screen. 

One more caller dialed the police from within the bank, as she was hiding in a closet. 

"How do you know the person?" the dispatcher asks.

"He works with us," she replies as the sound of gunfire can be heard in the background. 

"Stay quiet," the dispatcher advises. "We've got everybody coming, OK?"

A fourth caller called the police after a survivor came into her building and explained the situation. In another call, a man tells police that someone had fired over 15 shots into a room with over a dozen people inside. 

The final call came from a driver outside of the bank, reporting that he saw a man with an assault rifle walking into the building with a bulletproof vest. 

Authorities revealed the audio because "Transparency is important – even more so in times of crisis," said Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg in a statement.

According to law enforcement officers, Sturgeon went on his rampage after he was notified that he would no longer continue working for the bank, where he had worked since 2021.