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At least four people were killed in a shooting in Louisville

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Louisville Metro² Police say four people were killed and eight hospitalized after a gunman attacked a bank.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

In Louisville, Kentucky, police say five people are dead and eight others hospitalized after a shooting at a bank. It happened this morning, and details are still sketchy³. But we've got Roberto Roldan of Louisville Public Media on the line. Roberto, what can you tell us?

ROBERTO ROLDAN, BYLINE⁴: Yes. So it's really early here. Most of the information that we have is still very preliminary. We've had about two or three press briefings this morning. What we do know is that just after 8:30 a.m., police said they received a call of a shooting in a bank. Police said they arrived on scene within three minutes and heard gunfire. They engaged with the suspect, and he died. We don't know at the moment if police killed him or if he shot himself. The area - or the bank is called Old National Bank. Deputy Police Chief Paul Humphrey said it appears that the gunman had some sort of connection to the bank.

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PAUL HUMPHREY: It appears the shooter was - I don't know if it was an active employee or a former employee, but the shooter did have a connection to the location.

MART?NEZ: OK. Roberto, what do we know about the building, the bank building itself?

ROLDAN: So the bank is in kind of a large multistory building right across from Slugger Field, which is a minor⁵ league baseball stadium. It's got a bank on the ground floor. But there are also several stories of commercial and residential⁶ condos. A lot of the commercial up top is also finance-related. But there are a lot more than just the folks who work at this bank that were in this building and basically had their mornings disrupted by this tragedy that was going on on the first floor.

MART?NEZ: Do you know if police have the situation contained? I mentioned how there was five people dead, eight others hospitalized. Are they still looking for other victims, or is what we have, as far as numberswise, pretty much what it is?

ROLDAN: I think what we have, as far as numberswise, is what it is. You know, I think they're - we're getting updates regularly from officials, city officials and police officials, about the status of some of the victims who have been hospitalized. But the area does remain an active crime scene. There's still a lot of police presence. There's still an active investigation⁷. But I think the sort of the perimeter⁸ around the bank building has gotten slightly smaller as they shift to investigation rather than rescuing survivors⁹.

MART?NEZ: I heard the governor of Kentucky briefed everyone just a little while ago. What'd he have to say?

ROLDAN: Yeah, it was a very emotional press briefing. He called it a tragedy. Governor Andy Beshear actually has a connection to this building, he said. When he ran for state attorney general, his campaign was based out of this building. And he said the bank was his bank, and he knew someone who was killed and someone who was injured.

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ANDY BESHEAR: This is awful. I have a very close friend that didn't make it today. And I have another close friend who didn't either, and one who's at the hospital that I hope is going to make it through. So when we talk about praying, I hope people will.

ROLDAN: And Governor Beshear credited local officials and local officers with saving lives through their quick response. That's something that the mayor of Louisville has said as well.

MART?NEZ: All right. That's Roberto Roldan of Louisville Public Media. Roberto, thank you very much.

ROLDAN: Thank you.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 metro   

n.地铁；adj.大都市的；(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国，主要经营零售)

参考例句：

• Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗？
• The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。

3 sketchy   

adj.写生的，写生风格的，概略的

参考例句：

• The material he supplied is too sketchy.他提供的材料过于简略。
• Details of what actually happened are still sketchy.对于已发生事实的详细情况知道的仍然有限。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

6 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

7 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

8 perimeter   

n.周边，周长，周界

参考例句：

• The river marks the eastern perimeter of our land.这条河标示我们的土地东面的边界。
• Drinks in hands,they wandered around the perimeter of the ball field.他们手里拿着饮料在球场周围漫不经心地遛跶。

9 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者