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A man who k**led five people and injured eight at a Louisville bank in April was motivated by outrage over gun laws he considered lax, and a hope that his rampage would highlight the ease with which he acquired an AR-15 and spur politicians into action on the issue, according to the shooterâs personal writings revealed in a police report Tuesday.
âI have decided to make an impact. These people did not deserve to die, but because I was depressed and able to buy [guns], they are gone. Perhaps this is the impact for change â upper class white people dying. I certainly would not have been able to do this were it more difficult to get a gun,â Connor Sturgeon wrote six days before the April 10 shooting at the Old National Bank where he worked.
Now, he said, his âsickness wins.â
âBut let us not forget the most important player here. The one who made all this possible. Lets give it up for the NRA!!â he wrote April 9. âI couldnât have done this without all of your lobbying dollars! You really brought this whole thing together. This is the world you are building. One without any regard for the value of human life.â
Sturgeon began his rampage at his workplace the next day. He posted on his Instagram that morning: âThey wonât listen to words or protests. Letâs see if they hear this,â and live-streamed the attack, the report said. Police shot and k**led him at the scene.
Interviews with survivors, victimsâ families and Sturgeonâs parents revealed frustration, sorrow and anger over how easy it was for someone with apparent mental health problems to obtain a semiautomatic rifle built for mass violence, The Post reported.
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