Critically injured rookie Louisville officer, 26, ‘ran towards the gunfire to save lives’

Louisville authorities named the policeman who was critically wounded Monday attempting to cease America’s newest mass taking pictures.

Nickolas Wilt, 26, was shot within the head by gunman Connor Sturgeon inside Old National Bank on Main Street and brought to the University of Louisville Hospital in essential situation.

Officer Wilt had solely graduated from the police academy on March 31.

Both Mayor Craig Greenberg and interim Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel, who led the general public response to Monday’s taking pictures, helped swear him in, in keeping with Louisville TV station WLKY.

Officer Wilt “ran towards the gunfire today to save lives,” the Louisville police division tweeted in reward of him.

As of three p.m., his situation after mind surgical procedure was secure, the division stated.

Another officer, whom authorities didn’t identify, was grazed within the gunfight with Sturgeon.

Four folks within the financial institution — Tommy Elliott, Josh Barrick, Jim Tutt and Juliana Farmer — have been killed, as was Sturgeon.