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The parents of Louisville gunman Connor Sturgeon revealed Thursday that their son said he suffered an unexplained "panic attack" and felt a desire to stay away from his office in the days leading up to the mass shooting there.
Lisa and Todd Sturgeon are now speaking out following the April 10 massacre at an Old National Bank location in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, during which Connor killed five at his workplace before dying in an exchange of gunfire with police. They said he was seeing mental health professionals and was grappling with anxiety and an attempted suicide within the last year, according to the network.
"He called me on the Tuesday before the event and he said, ‘Well I had a panic attack yesterday and I had to leave work’ and I said, ‘OK, well what happened? What was the cause?’" Lisa Sturgeon told NBC's "Today" show in an interview that aired Thursday morning.
"'I don't know. I don’t know what it was, but I think I should take off a while’ and I said, ‘That’s fine, we are here to help you,'" Sturgeon said, recalling the conversation.
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