Five people have been killed in a shooting at a bank building in Louisville, Kentucky, police have said.
Six people including a police officer were transported to hospital, Louisville Metro Police Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey said.
The suspected shooter is dead, he added.
Officers who arrived on the scene “encountered active gunshots still being fired inside the location at that time,” Mr Humphrey said.
“The shooter was confirmed to be dead on the scene,” he added.
“We do not know exactly the circumstances of his death at this time.”
The FBI said its agents were also responding to the shooting.
Witnesses who left the building told a local TV station they heard gunfire inside.
Local media said people were being taken from the scene in ambulances.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said he was heading to the scene and tweeted: “Please pray for all of the families impacted and for the city of Louisville.”
The shooting happened in a building on East Main Street that houses the Old National Bank in the city of 625,000 people.
