TO Legally Bought «Suicide» Gunman the high-powered rifle, used to kill five co-workers at a Louisville bank less than a week before the carnage occurred, authorities said Tuesday.

Connor Sturgeon, 25, purchased the AR-15-style weapon on April 4 from an authorized dealer, Louisville Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel told reporters.

“We also learned that you purchased the weapon used in this tragic incident yesterday, April 4,” he said. «He bought the gun legally from one of the local dealerships here in Louisville.»

Congressman Morgan McGarvey, a Democrat representing Louisville, revealed that the killer had sent disturbing text messages indicating he was considering harming himself before Monday’s shooting.

“We know that he left a note, we know that he texted or called at least one person to let them know that he was suicidal and contemplating the damage,” McGarvey said. “But we don’t have the tools on the books to deal with someone. that he is an imminent danger to himself or to others”.

Sturgeon shot two officers, Cory Galloway and Nickolas Wilt, authorities said.

Wilt was a recent graduate from the academy and was only in his fourth shift when he ran to the bench with his field training officer, Galloway, police said.

Galloway was the officer who killed Sturgeon, police said.

“I am really proud of the heroic actions of those two officers,” Gwinn-Villaroel said.

“They went into danger to save and preserve life and that is what you saw yesterday. They stopped the threat so they could save other lives. Without hesitation and they did what they were called to do.

Louisville police also revealed that police body camera footage would be made public Tuesday afternoon, showing how officers confronted Sturgeon in Monday morning at Old National Bank in downtown Louisville.

Deana Eckert, 57, was rushed to hospital following the shooting before her death was announced Monday night.

Earlier Monday, police identified the other four victims as Joshua Barrick, 40; Thomas Elliott, 63; Juliana Farmer, 45; and James Tutt, 64.

Officer Wilt, 26, was shot in the head and underwent surgery Monday before being checked in in critical condition, authorities said.

Jason Smith, medical director of the University of Louisville Health Center, thanked the American Red Cross for helping to supply his hospital with the 170 units of blood used to treat the victims of Monday’s shooting.

«We used 170 units of blood yesterday to treat these victims, which is far beyond the capacity of our hospital and its ability to obtain that blood to save those lives,» Smith said.

Despite the carnage on Monday, Smith said, treating so many gunshot victims at once was not uncommon.

There have already been 40 people killed by gunshot wounds in Louisville this year, Mayor Craig Greenberg said.

Some of the police officers who responded at Old National Bank on Monday had to peel off for another deadly shootout just a few blocks away at Jefferson Community and Technical College.

“I’m tired,” Smith said. “There are a limited number of times you can walk into a room and tell someone, ‘They’re not coming home tomorrow.’ And it breaks your heart when someone yells ‘mommy’ or ‘daddy’. It becomes too difficult, day after day, to be able to do that.»