WARNING: SOME OF THE FOOTAGE IN THE VIDEO MAY BE DISTURBING.
The rookie cop who responded to the Louisville shooting at the Old National Bank on Monday morning is fighting for his life at a nearby hospital.
Nickolas Wilt was on the job for just a few days when he was shot within seconds after arriving on the scene.
The officer’s body cam footage was just released by the Louisville Metro Police Department.
The footage shows Officer Wilt running up the stairs of the bank just before being shot in the head.
“[The shooter] then went to the front lobby and set up an ambush and waited for officers to respond,” Paul Humphrey, Deputy Chief of the LMPD, said.
One of the officers can be heard in the video, ordering the shooter to stop as gunshots ring out.
Archbishop Shelton Fabre of Louisville continues to pray for the victims, saying in a statement, “My heart is heavy as we learn about another mass shooting, now in our own Louisville community. Even with our Easter hope so recently renewed, we have been quickly reminded that we still live in the shadow of the cross, the cross of senseless violence.”