5 dead after shooting at Kentucky bank building

Five people were killed and six others were hospitalized in a shooting at a bank building Monday morning in downtown Louisville, Ky., police said.

Louisville Metro Police Department Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey told reporters that officers who arrived at the scene “found active gunfire still being fired at the scene at that time.”

“The shooter was pronounced dead at the scene,” Humphrey said. “We do not know the exact circumstances of his death at this time.”

Witnesses who left the building told Louisville station WHAS-TV that they heard gunshots inside the building.

Several police vehicles were seen on television footage.

A WHAS reporter said he saw people being taken from the scene in ambulances.

In a tweet, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said he was on his way to the scene.

“Please pray for all the families affected and for the city of Louisville,” Beshear said.

The FBI said its agents also responded to the shooting.

The shooting happened in a building on East Main Street that houses the Old National Bank, not far from Louisville Slugger Field and Waterfront Park.