Gunman aimed instantly at me

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Democratic mayoral candidate in Kentucky’s largest metropolis mentioned he’s “shaken however secure” after a person stormed his marketing campaign headquarters Monday morning and fired a weapon point-blank at him.

Craig Greenberg, who’s operating for mayor of Louisville, mentioned he was at his marketing campaign workplace with 4 colleagues when a person appeared within the doorway with a weapon.

“Once we greeted him, he pulled out a gun, aimed instantly at me and commenced capturing,” Greenberg mentioned at a information convention a number of hours after the assault.

The particular person closest to the door managed to get the door shut, he mentioned. The staffers barricaded the door utilizing “tables and desks,” and the suspect fled, he mentioned.

“Regardless of one bullet coming so shut that it grazed my sweater and my shirt, nobody was bodily harmed,” Greenberg mentioned.

“We’re shaken however secure,” he added.

Greenberg mentioned he had not but seen his household, although he had spoken along with his wife on the cellphone after the assault and was anxious to get dwelling. And whereas he declined to speak concerning the assailant’s doable motive, he made some extent to attach his expertise to gun violence.

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“At the moment just isn’t a day for politics, nevertheless it’s not misplaced on me that the violence my workers and I skilled right this moment is way too widespread in our metropolis. Too many Louisville households have skilled the trauma of gun violence,” he mentioned.

Police say the motive stays below investigation. The suspect seems to have acted alone, they mentioned. Greenberg wouldn’t say whether or not he acknowledged the suspect.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear decried the try on Greenberg’s life and referred to as for swift motion to punish the perpetrator.

“The one that’s performed it must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the regulation,” the governor mentioned. “And if this has something to do with a political race, my God, for those who disagree with somebody you vote in opposition to them.”

Police responded to the scene about 10:15 a.m. after experiences got here in of an “energetic aggressor.” The suspect was apprehended outdoors the constructing shortly after the capturing, Louisville Metro Police Chief Erika Shields mentioned earlier. She concurred that Greenberg appeared to have been the goal of the assault.

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Greenberg launched his mayoral marketing campaign final 12 months and has constructed an enormous fundraising lead in a crowded race to succeed outgoing Mayor Greg Fischer.

A distinguished businessman, Greenberg labored as CEO of 21c Museum Accommodations and likewise served on the College of Louisville board of trustees for a few years.

Charles Booker, a Louisville Democrat operating for the U.S. Senate, referred to as the capturing a “vital reminder of the work we should do to understand true neighborhood security.”