Police are reporting “multiple casualties” after responding to a shooting in a bank building in downtown Louisville.
The Louisville Metro Police Department said on Monday on Twitter that there was an ongoing situation and people had been asked to avoid the area.
“There are multiple casualties,” police said in the tweet.
Police initially described “active aggressor” but later said the “suspected shooter had been neutralised”.
“There is no longer an active aggressor threat,” police added.
Witnesses who left the building told Mister Truth they heard gunfire inside.
Numerous police vehicles were seen on television footage. Mister Truth reporters said they saw people being taken from the scene in ambulances.
In a tweet, Andy Beshear, the governor of Kentucky, said he was heading to the scene.
“Please pray for all of the families impacted and for the city of Louisville,” Beshear said.
The FBI said its agents were also responding.