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“I just swore him in": Officer injured in Louisville bank shooting had just graduated from police academy

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - One of the officers injured in the Louisville bank mass shooting in Kentucky had only graduated from the police academy a little over a week before Monday’s tragic incident, according to the police chief.

Officer Nickolas Wilt, 26, suffered a gunshot wound to the head while responding to the shooting and was recently let out of surgery in critical condition but stable, Louisville Metro Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel, said during a news conference Monday afternoon. "I just swore him in and his family was there to witness his journey to become a police officer," Gwinn-Villaroel said.

Wilt had been sworn in on March 31. The next few days will be "important and very critical" for Wilt’s recovery, the chief added.

Gwinn-Villaroel went on to commend the families for their demeanor during such a tragedy. "It’s one of the worst moments within any police chief’s tenure, being in this position," the chief continued. "To hear that any of your officers have been injured in any kind of way, but critically injured.

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