LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A 23-year-old used a rifle to kill 4 individuals — together with a detailed good friend of the governor — Monday on the Louisville financial institution the place he was an worker, authorities stated.
The taking pictures, the fifteenth mass killing within the nation this yr, comes simply two weeks after a former scholar killed three kids and three adults at a Christian elementary college in Nashville, Tennessee, about 160 miles (260 kilometers) to the south. That state’s governor and his spouse additionally had buddies killed in that taking pictures.
Police in Louisville arrived as gunshots had been nonetheless being fired inside Previous Nationwide Financial institution and exchanged hearth with the shooter, Louisville Metro Police Division Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey stated at a information convention. It wasn’t clear whether or not the shooter killed himself or was shot by officers.
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Cops gathered exterior the entrance entrance of the Previous Nationwide Financial institution constructing after a gunman opened hearth. Luke Sharrett/Getty
9 individuals, together with two cops, had been handled for accidents from the taking pictures, College of Louisville Hospital spokeswoman Heather Fountaine stated in an e-mail. One of many officers was in vital situation, she stated. Not less than three sufferers had been discharged.
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An emotional Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear stated he misplaced a good friend within the taking pictures within the constructing on East Fundamental Road not removed from the minor league ballpark Louisville Slugger Discipline and Waterfront Park.
“That is terrible,” he stated. “I’ve a really shut good friend who didn’t make it as we speak. … And one who’s on the hospital that I hope goes to make it via.”
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Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear spoke at a information convention close to the scene of the taking pictures in downtown Louisville.NATOSHA VIA/NYT
It was the second time that Beshear was personally touched by a mass tragedy since changing into governor.
In late 2021, one of many cities devastated by tornadoes that tore via Kentucky was Dawson Springs, the hometown of Beshear’s father, former two-term Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear. Andy Beshear incessantly visited Dawson Springs as a boy and has talked emotionally about his father’s hometown.
Beshear spoke because the investigation in Louisville continued and police looked for a motive. Crime scene investigators might be seen marking and photographing quite a few bullet holes within the home windows close to the financial institution’s entrance door.
A Louisville Metro Police crime scene technician photographed bullet holes within the glass of the Previous Nationwide Financial institution constructing.Timothy D. Easley/Related Press
As a part of the investigation, police descended on a neighborhood about 5 miles (8 kilometers) south of the downtown taking pictures. The road was blocked as federal and native officers talked to residents. One house was cordoned off with warning tape.
“I’m virtually speechless. You see it on the information however not at house,” stated Kami Cooper, 38, who lives within the neighborhood.
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A person who fled the constructing throughout the taking pictures informed WHAS-TV that the shooter opened hearth with an extended rifle in a convention room at the back of the constructing’s first ground.
“Whoever was subsequent to me bought shot — blood is on me from it,” he informed the information station, pointing to his shirt. He stated he fled to a break room and shut the door.
Humphrey, the deputy chief, stated the actions of responding cops undoubtedly saved lives.
“It is a tragic occasion,” he stated. “But it surely was it was the heroic response of officers that made positive that no extra individuals had been extra severely injured than what occurred.”
The 15 mass shootings this yr are essentially the most throughout the first 100 days of a calendar yr since 2009, when 16 had occurred by April 10, in response to a mass killings database maintained by The Related Press and USA At this time in partnership with Northeastern College.
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Going again to 2006, the primary yr for which knowledge has been compiled, the years with essentially the most mass killings had been 2019 and 2022, with 45 and 42 mass killings recorded throughout all the calendar yr. The tempo in 2009 slowed later within the yr, with 32 mass killings recorded that yr.
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Database journalist Larry Fenn contributed to this report.
A huge fourth quarter by Camryn Tade helped the Army West Point Black Knights women’s basketball team rally from a deficit to defeat Boston U, 59-52, on Saturday in Boston.
The Black Knights (13-3, 5-1 Patriot) have won two straight games since they fell to Lehigh a weekend ago and dropped from the ranks of the undefeated teams in the league.
Now, Army is tied for first place with both Navy and Holy Cross at 5-1 going into next week’s games. Lehigh is a half-game back at 4-1.
The Black Knights started the fourth quarter down 46-38. Tade came to the rescue, as she scored 11 of her 18 points in the final 10 minutes.
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She got to work 40 seconds into the quarter with a 3-pointer that cut the lead to five points.
After several empty possessions, Tade struck again with another 3-pointer to push the Black Knights within two points, 46-44, with 7:30 left.
The Terriers remained in the lead as they and the Black Knights traded free throws before Army took the lead, thanks against to Tade. Her lay-up with 5:25 left put Army in the lead, 48-47.
From there, the Black Knights remained ahead. A Fiona Hastick lay-up pushed the lead to three points, followed by a 3-pointer by Tade with 3:32 left that made it 53-47 Army.
Boston (7-10, 1-5) never got any closer.
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The Terriers controlled the game in the first half, as they took a 10-9 lead after the first quarter and then pushed that lead to 25-15 at halftime. Army surged to 23 points in the third quarter, but Boston hung in there by scoring 21 points before the Black Knights outscored the Terriers, 21-6, in the final stanza.
Tade made four 3-pointers for the game, three of which came in the fourth quarter. She also had seven rebounds and two blocked shots. Trinity Hardy led Army with 21 points, along with eight rebounds, one assist, one block and one steal.
Reese Ericson hit some key free throws down the stretch, as she went 6-fot-6 from the line for the game and finished with nine points. She also had four assists.
Inés Monteagudo led Boston with 12 points, while Allison Schwertner added 11 points.
Next week is critical for Army’s Patriot League Tournament seeding as it will face Holy Cross on Wednesday and Navy on Sunday. The Black Knights already have a loss to Lehigh, so they can ill-afford a loss to either the Crusaders or their rivals, the Midshipmen.
A prominent Boston-area doctor accused in several lawsuits of sexually assaulting more than 200 former patients was indicted by a grand jury on rape charges.
Dr. Derrick Todd allegedly assaulted two women during examinations in December 2022 and June 2023 at the Charles River Medical Associates in Framingham, Mass., the Middlesex County District Attorney announced Thursday.
Todd, a rheumatologist, appeared in Middlesex Superior Court Friday after he handed himself over to police the previous night.
Dr. Derrick Todd is arraigned in Middlesex County Superior Court after he was indicted on rape charges on Jan. 17, 2025. AP
The two women had either a pelvic exam or pap smear with the doctor when the alleged assault occurred, NBC Boston reported.
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The patients alleged the exams went beyond “normal.”
One of the women endured enough pain for her to scream at Todd to stop but the doctor didn’t listen and continued the exam.
The second patient alleged she didn’t give Todd consent to perform the specific examination but the doctor went ahead despite the rejection, the outlet reported.
Todd pleaded not guilty to the two rape charges.
He was held on a $10,000 bail.
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Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital in Boston, where Todd worked for 14 years. Google Maps
A judge ordered Todd to surrender his passport, not have any contact with his alleged victims, and give up all medical licenses.
Claims of abuse from Todd date back to 2010 but only surfaced in 2023 after Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital received anonymous complaints.
Todd is the former chief of clinical rheumatology at the Boston hospital but resigned after 14 years in 2023 when two other physicians questioned the appropriateness of pelvis exams for his rheumatology patients, the Boston Globe reported.
Over 200 of Todd’s former patients accused him of performing unnecessary pelvic floor therapy, breast examinations, testicular examinations, and rectal examinations.
The accusers include over 200 women and several men between teenagers and 60-year-olds.
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Attorneys for 180 of the former patients say the two rape charges are just the start of the doctor’s legal battle.
“It’s just the beginning of the criminal case against Dr. Todd, but it does help validate the civil claims that Lubin & Meyer is pursuing on behalf of so many of his former patients,” Attorney William Thompson said. “Fundamentally, it’s about a doctor abusing his position. And taking advantage of patients who put their trust in him for his own personal sexual gratification.”
Over 200 of Todd’s former patients accused him of performing unnecessary pelvic floor therapy, breast examinations, testicular examinations, and rectal examinations. LinkedIn
Todd voluntarily ceased his medical practice in Massachusetts in September 2023.
The announcement was made in a letter to the Board of Registration in Medicine.
The class-action lawsuit against Todd also listed the hospital as a defendant for allegedly knowing about the abuse and failing to stop it.
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