1 victim of Louisville bank shooting was Xavier grad, will be remembered Tuesday by university
Updated: 11:55 AM EDT Apr 11, 2023
ENDED AND DOZENS IS FOREVER CHANGED AFTER A MAN OPENED FIRE INSIDE OLD NATIONAL BANK HERE IN LOUISVILLE. BEHIND ME, YOU CAN HEAR THE SOUNDS OF REPAIRS NOW BEING MADE TO THE BUILDING. TO THOSE BUSTED OUT WINDOWS. SEVERAL OF THEM THAT WERE SHOT OUT. THE INVESTIGATION IS JUST BEGINNING. AND LATE TONIGHT, WE’VE LEARNED ONE OF THE VICTIMS GOT HIS COLLEGE EDUCATION IN CINCINNATI. AND WE SEE CONFIRMING A PHOTO OF JOSHUA BARRACK. THE PHOTO IS ON HIS LINKEDIN PAGE THAT SAYS HE ATTENDED XAVIER FROM. 2001 TO 2000 FOR THIS SHOULD NOT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. AN EMOTIONAL PRESS BRIEFING IN LOUISVILLE ON ONE OF THE CITY’S WORST DAYS. WE LOST FOUR CHILDREN OF GOD TODAY. ONE OF WHOM WAS ONE OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS. A911 CALL REPORTED GUNFIRE AT OLD NATIONAL BANK JUST AFTER 830 MONDAY MORNING. SEVERAL OFFICERS WERE THERE WITHIN 3 MINUTES. AND THE CHIEF SAYS THEY DIDN’T HESITATE. AND FOR MY LAPD OFFICERS WHO TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO NOT WAIT TO ASSESS EVERYTHING BUT JUST WENT IN TO STOP THE THREAT SO THAT MORE LIVES WOULD NOT BE LOST. THANK YOU. THIS SHOOTER, ARMED WITH A RIFLE KILLED IN AN EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE WITH LAPD OFFICERS. IF WE DON’T DO IT, WHO WILL? FOR VICTIMS, ALL BANK EMPLOYEES LOST THEIR LIVES. 40 YEAR OLD JOSHUA BARRICK, 45 YEAR OLD JULIAN, A FARMER, 63 YEAR OLD TOMMY ELLIOTT, AND 64 YEAR OLD JIM TUTT. LATE TONIGHT, THE DEATH TOLL INCREASING BY ONE. A 57 YEAR OLD WOMAN NAMED DEANNA ECKERT. ELLIOTT A CLOSE FRIEND OF THE GOVERNOR AND MAYOR. THIS IS REALLY DIFFICULT FOR ALL OF US ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY TO PROCESS AND ACCEPT. TOMMY ELLIOTT HELPED ME BUILD MY LAW CAREER, HELP ME BECOME GOVERNOR, GAVE ME ADVICE ON BEING A GOOD DAD. OFFICIALS FOCUSING THEIR ATTENTION ON THE FIVE WHO DIED, THE EIGHT INJURED AND THEIR FAMILIES. AMONG THE INJURED, THREE LAPD OFFICERS, NICHOLAS WELD, A 26 YEAR OLD ROOKIE, IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE HEAD. HE JUST GRADUATED FROM THE POLICE ACADEMY MARCH 31ST. I JUST SAW HIM IN SWANSON SEARCH, THE HOME OF THE 25 YEAR OLD SHOOTER, CONNOR STURGEON, A BANK EMPLOYEE. POLICE SAY LIVE STREAMED THE SHOOTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. DOCTORS AND NURSES AT UNIVERSAL HEALTH DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO SAVE MORE LIVES. NOW, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE DAYS AHEAD WILL BE. AND BACK OUT HERE, LIVE IN DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE, WHERE YOU CAN SEE BROKEN WINDOWS STILL BEING BOARDED UP. OF THE NINE VICTIMS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, ONE HAS DIED. FIVE ARE STILL HOSPITALIZED. THAT INCLUDES TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE RUSHED INTO SURGERY AND REMAIN IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER SAYING THAT THEY ARE FOCUSED RIGHT NOW ON KEEPING THOSE PEOPLE ALIVE. THE FIRST 24 HOURS WERE LIVE IN LOUISVIL
1 victim of Louisville bank shooting was Xavier grad, will be remembered Tuesday by university
Updated: 11:55 AM EDT Apr 11, 2023
Xavier University has confirmed one of the people shot and killed at a bank in downtown Louisville Monday morning was a graduate of the university.The university confirmed Tuesday that Josh Barrick, 40, graduated from Xavier in 2005.“Everyone at Xavier University is heart-broken for Joshua and his family. We extend our deepest of sympathies to his family,” Xavier President Colleen Hanycz, PhD. told WLWT in a statement. According to the school, Barrick was the Senior Vice President for Commercial Real Estate Banking at Old National Bank, where the shooting took place. The school says he leaves behind his wife, Jessica, and two children.The school says they were planning to host a remembrance service for lives lost during the past semester, and Barrick will be added to the list.The remembrance will be held at noon Tuesday at the Bellarmine Chapel.The four other deceased victims have been identified as Thomas Elliot, 63; James Tutt, 64; Juliana Farmer, 45 and Deanna Eckert, 57. Eight people were also hurt in the shooting. As of Tuesday, Louisville Hospital said four patients remain at the hospital, one in critical condition, one in the ICU in stable condition and two others with non-life-threatening injuries. The victim in critical condition is LMPD officer Nickolas Wilt, 26, who was shot in the head. Police said Monday he underwent brain surgery and is in critical but stable condition.Police said Wilt had just graduated from the police academy on March 31. "This was an evil act of targeted violence," Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said.
Xavier University has confirmed one of the people shot and killed at a bank in downtown Louisville Monday morning was a graduate of the school.
The university confirmed Tuesday that Josh Barrick, 40, graduate from XU in 2005.
“Everyone at Xavier University is heart-broken for Joshua and his family. We extend our deepest of sympathies to his family,” Xavier President Colleen Hanycz, PhD. told WLWT in a statement.
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According to the school, Barrick was the Senior Vice President for Commercial Real Estate Banking at Old National Bank, where the shooting took place. The school says he leaves behind his wife, Jessica, and two children.
The school says they were planning to host a remembrance service for lives lost during the past semester, and Barrick will be added to the list.
The remembrance will be held at noon Tuesday at the Bellarmine Chapel.
