WATCH: Aerial video shows downtown Louisville after reported active shooter

WATCH: Aerial video shows downtown Louisville after reported active shooter

Updated: 10:28 AM EDT Apr 10, 2023

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MADELEINE, THANK YOU. WE JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT LAPD IS REPORTING MULTIPLE CASUALTIES AT THIS TIME. SO WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM THERE WERE ANY DEATHS FROM THIS SHOOTING. WE DO KNOW THAT MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHOT. WE HAVE HEARD THAT. WE KNOW OUR CHOPPER BILL HAS TOLD US HE HAD A NEIGHBOR TELL HIM HE WAS SHOT IN THE CALF AS WELL. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE HE IS FLYING OVER OLD NATIONAL BANK BUILDING RIGHT NOW. IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, THOSE ARE THE WINDOWS BESIDE THE MAIN DOOR. THERE IS GLASS SHATTERED ON THE GROUND. CAUTION TAPE DRAPED ACROSS RIGHT THERE AND SEVERAL BULLET HOLES IN THAT WINDOW. WE HAVE ALSO HEARD PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THE AREA, HEARD HEARING MALL TRIPLE GUNSHOTS. ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF, 2 HOURS AGO. SO THIS IS AN ONGOING SITUATION, SOMETHING POLICE HAVE BEEN IN THE PRESENCE FOR A WHILE NOW. AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT FBI, LOUISVILLE IS INVOLVED IN THIS INVESTIGATION AS WELL. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES ARE THERE, TOO. WE’RE ACTUALLY GOING TO WE HAVE A CHOPPER BILL FLYING OVER THE SCENE RIGHT NOW. CHOPPER, YOU ACTUALLY HEARD FROM A NEIGHBOR EARLIER WHO WAS IN SOME WAY PART OF THIS SITUATION. DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FROM HIM? YES, THAT IS CORRECT. ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS, WE HAVE A GROUP OF TEXAS AND THAT ALL THINGS ARE SECURED IN A GROUP ACTION. A NEIGHBORHOOD IN THIS INDIVIDUAL IS PART OF THAT GROUP. AND HE TEXTED THE GROUP AND SAID, I’M OKAY, BUT I HAVE A SUPERFICIAL WOUND TO MY CALF. THERE IS A ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATE IN GOING ON DOWN HERE. AND I THANK BUILDING. HE WORKS FOR ME FOR OLD NATIONAL BANK AND THE POINT THAT TONY WAS BUILDING THERE, THE SHOT YOU’RE LOOKING AT HERE IS WE EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLE FOR THE L.A.P.D. THAT’S PARKED JUST ADJACENT TO SLUGGER FIELD. SO TO GIVE EVERYBODY AT HOME, IF THEY DON’T ALREADY KNOW THIS IS ON PRESTON STREET AND MAIN RIGHT ADJACENT OR RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM LOUISVILLE SLUGGER AS WE COME AROUND THE BUILDING HERE. THAT’S KIND OF A TIGHT AREA TO WORK IN BECAUSE OF THE DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS. BUT YOU’LL SEE THE LARGE PRESENCE OF FIRST RESPONDERS, EMS, LAPD AND FIRE OFFICIALS. AND YOU COULD SEE IN THERE IN THE IN THE STREET AT THIS POINT, I WOULD MAKE AN ASSUMPTION THAT IT’S NOW AN INVESTIGATION WITH THE WAY PEOPLE ARE LOITERING AROUND THAT STREET INSTEAD OF IN A POSTURE OR HUNKER DOWN POSITION. SO AT THIS POINT, WE’LL JUST WAIT FOR LAPD TO GIVE US AN UPDATE. BUT STILL A VERY LARGE PRESENCE DOWN HERE ON MAIN STREET. AND PRESTON, BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU, TROOPER BILL. AND WE ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM POLICE ON EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON IN DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE. ONCE AGAIN, EAST MAIN STREET AREA, OLD NATIONAL BANK. WE’RE HEARING FROM SEVERAL EMPLOYEE WHO WORK FOR THE BANK. WE’VE HEARD GUNSHOTS AND SAY THAT THERE WAS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION. AND THE TIME I’M GETTING IS AROUND 830 THIS MORNING. YEAH. SO A COUPLE OF HOURS NOW, IT’S BEEN SINCE THIS SITUATION HAPPENED OR MORE LIKE A BIT OVER AN HOUR, WE SHOULD SAY. WE HAVE MULTIPLE CREWS ON THE GROUND ARE BATTLING CARTER AS THEY ARE NEAR SLUGGER FIELD ARM AND ASKING WHY IS THERE AS WELL. BUT THEY ARE BEING KEPT A WAYS BACK FROM THE ACTUAL SCENE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE’RE BEING TOLD THERE IS AN ACTIVE AGGRESSOR. WE’RE JUST HEARING THAT THE GOVERNOR, ANDY BESHEAR, HAS TWEETED HE’S ON HIS WAY TO LOUISVILLE RIGHT NOW, WHICH REALLY SPEAKS TO THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS SITUATION THAT WE’RE MONITORING RIGHT NOW. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE ARE TOLD MULTIP

WATCH: Aerial video shows downtown Louisville after reported active shooter

Updated: 10:28 AM EDT Apr 10, 2023

Five people were killed and at least six others are injured in a shooting Monday morning in the downtown Louisville area, and police confirm that the shooter is dead. WLKY Chopper HD is flying over the scene, and a massive law enforcement presence can be seen from the air. Watch the video above for a report from Pilot Bill DeReamer. >> Learn more: LMPD reporting several casualties in downtown Louisville due to active shooterThe Louisville Metro Police are asking people to stay away from an area of downtown Louisville as they respond to an incident. They said there was “an active aggressor” in the 300 block of East Main. Police say there are multiple casualties, and the FBI in Louisville has confirmed shots were fired by a shooter. The area is near Louisville Slugger Field and the Old National Bank.>> Follow the latest updates here.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —

Five people were killed and at least six others are injured in a shooting Monday morning in the downtown Louisville area, and police confirm that the shooter is dead.

WLKY Chopper HD is flying over the scene, and a massive law enforcement presence can be seen from the air. Watch the video above for a report from Pilot Bill DeReamer.

>> Learn more: LMPD reporting several casualties in downtown Louisville due to active shooter

The Louisville Metro Police are asking people to stay away from an area of downtown Louisville as they respond to an incident. They said there was “an active aggressor” in the 300 block of East Main.

Police say there are multiple casualties, and the FBI in Louisville has confirmed shots were fired by a shooter. The area is near Louisville Slugger Field and the Old National Bank.

>> Follow the latest updates here.