[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 63 (Monday, April 17, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1741]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR LOUISVILLE

  (Mr. McGARVEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McGARVEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because my community is 
hurting. We are hurting because on Monday, April 10, the day after 
Easter, the promise of the beautiful spring morning was shattered by 
gunfire, and Louisville joined the many communities across this country 
impacted by a senseless mass shooting.
  Five innocent people were killed. Eight others were shot. If it 
weren't for the absolutely heroic actions of the Louisville Metro 
Police Department, we undoubtedly would have lost more lives.
  LMPD Officers Wilt and Galloway raced headfirst into a barrage of 
bullets. Officer Galloway was injured. Officer Wilt took an AR-15 round 
to the head. He is still in critical condition. I have talked with his 
family. His mother has asked for our prayers. If you are so inclined, 
please do so.
  We are here today not just to talk about how they died but to 
remember how they lived: Deana Eckert, Jim Tutt, Josh Barrick, Juliana 
Farmer, and my friend, Tommy Elliott.
  There was more grief. Chea'von Moore was killed just moments after 
Monday's shooting in a separate shooting in downtown Louisville.
  Saturday night, we had our second mass shooting of the week in 
Chickasaw Park, where two people were killed and six others injured.
  We lost our friends. Our community is hurting. We lost people who 
loved deeply, cared deeply, and had people who cared about them, people 
who made our community and our lives better, taken from us too soon.
  In the coming days and weeks, we will take up the fight on gun 
violence, but today, I ask everyone to join me in remembering those we 
lost, in hurting and healing with our community, and to offer a prayer 
for the families of those impacted, all of those impacted, including 
the officer currently fighting for his life.

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