Two Years After Old National Bank Shooting, Congressman McGarvey Speaks on House Floor, Introduces Congressional Resolution Honoring Victims
Today, two years after the Old National Bank shooting that claimed five lives and injured eight, Congressman Morgan McGarvey spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives and introduced an official Congressional Resolution to honor the victims.
SPEECH TRANSCRIPT:
Two years ago today, the blast of an AR-15 shattered a beautiful spring morning in Louisville as a lone gunman walked into Old National Bank on Main Street and opened fire.
We lost Josh Barrick, Deana Eckert, Juliana Farmer, Jim Tutt, and my friend, Tommy Elliott.
Five friends, neighbors, loved ones taken too soon.
Among the eight wounded was Officer Nick Wilt.
Just ten days out of the academy, he bravely ran toward the gunman and was shot in the head. Miraculously, he survived.
That same day, just blocks away at JCTC, two people were shot and Chea’von Moore was killed at just 24 years old.
I stand here today as a lifelong Louisvillian, still sad my community joined the long list of cities devastated by mass shootings.
On behalf of all of our communities, we can – and must – do more to stop senseless gun violence.