Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg praised his community after a bank shooting Monday that left five people dead.

In a CNN interview alongside Louisville Metro Police Department Interim Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel, Greenberg — who said he himself is a survivor of gun violence in the workplace — encouraged those impacted by the shooting to “take time with loved ones.”

The mayor said his friend Tommy Elliott, who was killed in the shooting, was a “great friend” and “the definition of loyalty.” Elliott was also a friend to Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and others around the city, he said. 

He recounted having not known whether another friend had survived yesterday’s attack. The mayor said when he saw his friend in the hospital, he was overwhelmed.

“We both survived,” the mayor said he told his friend, encouraging him to see a therapist and talk to professionals.

While the mayor said he doesn’t personally know the others who died, from the stories he has heard, “they are wonderful as well.”