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Kentucky school shooting: Two students killed and 19 injured at Marshall County High Kentucky school shooting: Two students killed and 17 injured at Marshall County High
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There has been another school shooting, this time at a southwestern Kentucky high school and Governor Matt Bevin confirmed there were two deaths and 19 injured in the incident.  Two teenagers have died and more than a dozen more have been injured after a 15-year-old student opened fire with a handgun at Kentucky high school, according to police.. 
Earlier today, Mr Bevin tweeted that the shooter, a 15-year-old, is in custody after firing bullets at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky - about 120 miles northwest of Nashville.  Terrified pupils ran for their lives, ditching their bags and scrambling to get away from Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky - about 120 miles northwest of Nashville, as ambulances, police cars and officers with assault rifles rushed to the scene. 
Of the 19 injured, 14 were gunshot victims and 5 were not gun-related injuries. Mr Bevin said at a news conference that one girl died at the scene. A boy died at a hospital.  Students were said to have tried breaking down fences and gates in a panic to escape the building as the shooting began.
Police are still investigating the matter after being called to the school just after 8 am local time.  A 15-year-old girl died at the scene, while a 15-year-old boy was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The boy was one of six people flown to hospital in the wake of the gunfire. None of the teens involved in the shooting are being identified.
CNN reported that Darlene Lynn of the Marshall County Emergency Management said seven people were taken to hospitals, some by helicopter.  "I'm distraught from all of it. I couldn't really focus driving home. I was shaking a lot driving back to my house. I'm still shaking," 17-year-old Greg Rodgers, a student at the school, told NBC News. 
No updates on their condition nor their identities have been disclosed just yet.  Of the 17 injured, 12 were gunshot victims and five sustained not gun-related injuries. Governor Matt Bevin said at a news conference that one girl died at the scene. 
Kentucky State Police Commissioner Richard Sanders says the shooter was armed with a handgun. The suspect will be charged with murder and attempted murder.  
The high school students were being taken to the local middle school by bus where they can be picked up by parents.  Kentucky State Police Commissioner Richard Sanders said  the shooter walked into the school armed with a handgun and started shooting. The governor said the youth was apprehended at the scene “in a non-violent way”. The suspect is expected to be charged with murder and attempted murder, according to police..
NBC News had reported that students were breaking down fences and gates in a panic to escape the building after the suspect - yet to be named - began shooting.  During the news conference at the county Board of Education, Governor Bevin paused to collect himself as his voice choked with emotion, when talking about the victims and calling on the assembled media to show restraint in their reporting.
"I'm distraught from all of it. I couldn't really focus driving home. I was shaking a lot driving back to my house. I'm still shaking," said 17-year-old Greg Rodgers, a student at the school, told NBC News.  "I beg of you again - respect the fact that these children belong to this community and to specific families in this community. And this is a wound that is going take a long time to heal. And for some in this community it will never fully heal," he said.
The Governor advised the public to "not speculate or spread hearsay" regarding the incident.  There was no word on a possible motive for the shooting. "There's no good answer for it," Mr Bevin said. "There's 1,000 hypotheses we're not going to go into."    
 
Governor Bevin advised the public to "not speculate or spread hearsay" regarding the incident. Agents from the  the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have joined the investigation.
Mr Bevin later issued a statement via Twitter as well, in which he said it was "unbelievable that this would happen in a small, close-knit community like Marshall County" and cautioned the public to "allow the facts to come out." Mr Bevin later issued a statement via Twitter as well, in which he said it was "unbelievable that this would happen in a small, close-knit community like Marshall County" and cautioned the public to "allow the facts to come out." 
A local business owner Mitchell Garland told the Associated Press that students were “crying and screaming” while and running out of the school in the immediate wake of the shooting. A local business owner Mitchell Garland told the Associated Press that students were “crying and screaming” while and running out of the school in the immediate wake of the shooting. 
“Everyone is just scared. Just terrified for their kids,” Mr Garland said. “We’re a small town and we know a lot of the kids.”“Everyone is just scared. Just terrified for their kids,” Mr Garland said. “We’re a small town and we know a lot of the kids.”
No information on the injured or dead have been released as yet. 
The US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) have said they are also on the scene to assist with the investigation. 
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who represents the state, tweeted that he is tracking reports of the incident as well. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who represents the state, tweeted that he is tracking reports of the incident as well. 
School shootings have taken place in California, Texas, Ohio, Illinois, Washington state, and New Mexico already this year.  School shootings have taken place in California, Texas, Ohio, Illinois, Washington state and New Mexico already this year, although this is the first fatal school shooting of the year.
Marshall County High School is about 30 minutes from Heath High School in Paducah, Kentucky, where in 1997 a 14-year-old boy opened fire on students, killing three and wounding five.
“It's horrifying that we can no longer call school shootings 'unimaginable' because the reality is they happen with alarming frequency,” said former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who survived being shot in the head in 2011. She called on Congress to strengthen gun laws. 
Agencies contributed to this report.Agencies contributed to this report.
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