Who is Louisville Police Officer Nickolas Wilt?
Emma Powell
Published Sep 25, 2026
A LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, shooting left five people dead and several others injured.
The shooting happened around 8.30am on April 10, 2023, at Old National Bank.
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Who is Louisville Police Officer Nickolas Wilt?
Nickolas Wilt is a 26-year-old officer for the Louisville Metro Police Department.
He joined the force after graduating from the police academy on March 31, 2023.
“I just swore him in, and his family was there to witness his journey to become a police officer,” Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel, the interim chief of the police department, said, via CNN.
At this time, additional details on Wilt's personal life are unclear.
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What happened to Nickolas Wilt?
Police arrived at Old National Bank just moments after a gunman opened fire.
Wilt was among those first responders and reportedly "ran towards the gunfire today to save lives," according to WLKY.
While on the scene, the rookie cop also got into a confrontation with the suspect, who was identified as employee Connor Sturgeon.
Wilt was then shot in the head, according to CNN.
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He was quickly taken to a nearby hospital and underwent brain surgery.
Gwinn-Villaroel later confirmed that he's in critical but stable condition.
At this time, additional details on Wilt's condition are unclear.
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Who are the Old National Bank shooting victims?
Since the shooting began, authorities have been working on identifying the victims.
At this time, the names of the additional survivors are unclear, but the five deceased victims have since been identified as:
- Josh Barrick, 40
- Thomas "Tommy" Elliott, 63
- James "Jim" Tutt, 64
- Juliana Farmer, 57
- Deanna Eckert, 57
"Today is a day that is heartbreaking for our city, for all of us, especially for the people in that office at Old National Bank and their loved ones," Mayor Craig Greenberg said at a press conference, via the Courier-Journal.
Sturgeon also lost his life in the shooting, but it is not known if he died by suicide or from police fire.
At this time, a motive is also unclear, but authorities are investigating it as a workplace violence situation, according to TODAY.com.
