Five People Died in the Kentucky Shooting. The Full Toll Is Much Higher.

It’s happened again. What could have been—what should have been—an ordinary Monday morning in America was marked by another mass shooting. Yesterday, a gunman opened fire at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky. Five people were killed and eight others were injured, including a 26-year-old officer in critical condition who had just graduated from the police academy.

In his public remarks in response to the shooting, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear seemed to hold back tears as he talked about how a dear friend, Thomas Elliott, was among the dead.

“Tommy Elliott helped me build my law career, helped me become governor, gave me advice on being a good dad,” Beshear said. “He’s one of the people I talk to most in the world, and very rarely are we talking about my job. He was an incredible friend.”