Named: Police on Thursday identified the Cincinnati bank shooter as Omar Enrique Santa Perez, 29 (pictured)

Police in Cincinnati this afternoon identified the gunman who carried out the attack on a downtown bank that left three people dead and two others wounded as 29-year-old Omar Enrique Santa Perez, of North Bend, Ohio.

Officials said the outcome of the attack could have been even more tragic if it were not for the actions of responding police officers, given that Perez was armed with multiple magazines and 200 rounds of ammunition.

At a press conference late Thursday afternoon, Police Chief Eliot Isaac said Perez carried out the shooting at Fifth Third Bank at 511 Walnut Street with a legally purchased 9mm semi-automatic pistol.

WLWT revealed that Perez was wearing a business suit when he somehow made his way into the bank's loading dock, after visiting several nearby stores, including the Potbelly Sandwich Shop housed in the same building as the bank.

Isaac said Perez never worked at Fifth Third Bank and had no other obvious tie to the office building.

According to the chief, investigators so far have found no indication that it was an act of terror, but Isaac raised the possibility that Perez had mental health problems.

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Bullet holes are seen in a glass door at Fifth Third Bank in Cincinnati after the shooting

Yellow evidence markers are seen dotting the floor of the bank headquarters lobby

A woman is comforted by authorities stationed outside the University of Cincinnati Medical Center's Emergency room following a shooting in downtown Cincinnati that left four dead

Police in Cincinnati are on the scene of an active shooter situation with four fatalities, including the gunman, and two injured victims at Fifth Third Bank

The shooting occurred at 9.10am in the lobby and loading dock at Fifth Third Bank

An area is cordoned off with police tape near Cincinnati's busy Fountain Square Thursday morning

Streets around the building at the city’s Fountain Square were closed as were sidewalks

Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Isaac, center, held a press conference Thursday morning offering an update on the shooting

The incident began unfolding at 9.10am when a 911 call came in reporting shots fired at the bank.

Isaac said Perez entered the loading dock at the building and opened fire, then proceeded to the lobby of Fifth Third Bank, where four police officers confronted him three minutes later and shot him multiple times, killing him.

Just before 1pm, police executed a search warrant at an apartment building in Northbend, Ohio, believed to be connected to the bank shooter.

A neighbor told the station WLWT the person in question had moved into the building just a day or two ago.

Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley said the gunman was 'actively shooting innocent victims' and that it was a 'horrific' scene.

He noted the building on the city’s Fountain Square houses popular ice cream, sandwich and pastry shops.

He said it 'could have been much, much worse' if not for the immediate police response to end the threat.

'This is not normal, and it shouldn't be viewed as normal,' the mayor told reporters, adding that the United States is the only industrialized nation with frequent active shooting incidents. 'We as a country have to deal with it,' Cranley added.

Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney Joe Deters told WHIO that the gunman had enough ammunition on him to kill 30-40 people, but police who responded to the scene within three minutes of getting the first 911 call were able to neutralize him by shooting him through the glass window of the lobby.

A witness told the paper he saw a woman walking into Fifth Third Bank with her headphones on and getting shot by the gunman.

Other bystanders later reported seeing a woman being carried out of the building drenched in blood and laid down on a slab of concrete by police officers.

City Councilman Chris Seelbach revealed in a tweet that the female survivor of the attack is from Louisville, Kentucky, and that she sustained a dozen gunshot wounds all over her body.

Pedestrians are allowed to exit police cordons as emergency personnel and police work the scene of shooting near Fountain Square

Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley speaks to the media late Thursday morning

This photo obtained on September 6, 2018 courtesy of Jeremy Monahan via Twitter shows a view from a window overlooking the scene of the shooting criss-crossed with police tape

Emergency personnel and police respond to the shooting near Fountain Square Thursday

Erick Kearney, president of the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce, shared a grisly photo on Twitter showing first responders wheeling a bloodied, nearly naked man on a gurney towards an ambulance.

The photo suggests that man suffered a gunshot wound to the head. At least two ambulances were seen leaving the scene.

Both injured victims were taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, reported WLWT. The male survivor's condition has been upgraded from serious to fair.

No police officers were injured in Thursday's deadly incident. Federal agents were on the scene.

Streets around the building at the city’s Fountain Square were closed as were sidewalks.

Police completed their search of the crime scene at around 11am, reported Fox 19.

Two people were taken in critical condition to UC Medical Center Thursday morning

Governor John Kasich, a Republican, also addressed the shooting in a tweet this morning

Pedestrians stand behind a police line near Fountain Square in downtown Cincinnati Thursday

Senator Rob Portman, a Republican from Ohio, tweeted that he and his staff are following the situation out of Cincinnati.

'If you're downtown, please follow first responder instructions for the safety of everyone involved. Jane and I hope for a peaceful resolution soon,' the tweet read.

Governor John Kasich, a Republican, also addressed the shooting in a tweet this morning, describing the incident as a 'senseless act of gun violence on the streets of Cincinnati.'