Louisville Shooter Suffered Multiple Concussions, May Have Been Mentally Ill

The Louisville shooter suffered a number of concussions in his youth as a star athlete — and he continued his athletic profession … doing so by carrying a helmet in video games.

25-year-old Connor Sturgeon — who has since been ID’d because the one who shot and killed 5 folks Monday in a financial institution — had a historical past of great accidents that he suffered whereas taking part in soccer … this in keeping with certainly one of his ex-classmates, who talked to Daily Beast.

The former peer says Sturgeon was out of soccer for a lot of the yr throughout eighth grade as a result of a number of concussions … including, “Then he had a couple more in high school. I’m not saying it’s the cause but I always think back to that. There were times I’d wonder, will this catch up with him? But never in this way. He’s the last person I’d expect would do this.”

As a results of the concussions he suffered … Sturgeon went on to put on protecting headgear throughout sports activities he’d compete in throughout highschool. By most accounts, he was a star — taking part in on the Varsity basketball crew and even working observe. He was additionally supposedly fashionable.

There’s an essay, unearthed from his faculty days as nicely through which he says he handled low vanity all through his life and had hopes of bettering himself as he aged. Sturgeon wrote, “Making friends has never been especially easy, so I have more experience than most in operating alone.” He additionally mentioned he continues to “battle against myself.”

Sturgeon labored on the financial institution. He’s reported to have used a rifle to open hearth on a crowd of individuals inside, which included law enforcement officials too. Sturgeon was finally shot and killed.