A Louisville police officer critically wounded in a mass shooting at a bank in April is finally be heading home.
July 28, 2023, 12:46 PMOfficer Nickolas Wilt, a 26-year-old rookie who was shot in the head, will be discharged on July 28, 2023, after more than three months of hospitalization and rehab treatments.in April is finally heading home on Friday.
Doctors at a news conference Friday called Wilt's recovery from his brain injury "remarkable," noting he's regained the ability to speak, swallow, stand and walk. His "long-term prognosis is very good," doctors said."But every single day ... he's in his chair ready to go, and out the door he goes with his therapist," he said. "He's putting in the work.
The suspected gunman, a 25-year-old man who worked at the bank, was killed by officers after fatally shooting five people.
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