LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Diane Raines was two days into her first visit to Louisville when she got a text that a mass shooting was unfolding a block away. 

“I didn’t know exactly what was going on, but I could see all the police coming, the ambulances,” she said. “I knew it was bad.”

Raines was in town from Virginia to be with her daughter, who just moved to Louisville to start a job in the police department’s crime scene unit, she said. 

She was one of many people who stopped by a growing memorial on the steps of Old National Bank Thursday to pay their respects to the five victims of a mass shooting. 

“It’s horrible,” said Raines. “It was a senseless act, and my heart goes out for all the people ... their parents, the victims’ families. It’s devastating.” 

Police said Officers Nickolas Wilt and Cory Galloway didn’t hesitate to respond to the shooting that left Wilt critically wounded, 10 days after he was sworn in. 

Raines can’t help but worry about her daughter. “I’ll be afraid for her every day of what’s going to happen,” she said. “It could be her.” 

According to UofL Health, two people remained hospitalized Thursday, including Wilt, who was in critical condition.

“He’s our hero,” said Raines. “And I send prayers to them. He’s amazing ... I don’t know him, but he’s family in the law enforcement field and I just pray he gets OK.”