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Kentucky School Shooting Kills at Least One, With More Injured Kentucky School Shooting Leaves 2 Dead and 17 Others Injured
(about 2 hours later)
At least one person was killed and others were injured in a school shooting on Tuesday at Marshall County High School in Benton, Ky., according to Gov. Matt Bevin. At least two students were killed and 17 other people were injured in a school shooting on Tuesday at Marshall County High School in Benton, Ky.
A suspect was in custody and the scene was secured, the state police said in a tweet on Tuesday morning. No further information was immediately available. The suspect, a 15-year-old student at the school, was taken into custody in “a nonviolent apprehension,” Gov. Matt Bevin said on Tuesday.
“Let’s let the first responders do their job and be grateful that they are there to do it for us,” Mr. Bevin wrote on Twitter. The student, who was not immediately identified, entered the school with a handgun at 7:59 a.m., according to Richard W. Sanders, commissioner of the Kentucky State Police. The student will be charged with murder and attempted murder, he said.
Benton is about 200 miles southwest of Louisville, near the western tip of Kentucky. A 15-year-old girl died at the school, and a 15-year-old boy died later in a hospital, the officials said.
Fourteen people were shot, two of whom died, Mr. Bevin said. Six people were flown to a hospital, including the boy who died, Mr. Bevin said.
“These children belong to this community, and to specific families in this community,” he said at an afternoon news conference. “And this is a wound that is going to take a long time to heal, and for some in this community, will never fully heal.”
Benton is about 200 miles southwest of Louisville, near the western tip of Kentucky. About 31,000 people live in Marshall County.
“This is something that has struck in the heart of Kentucky,” Lt. Michael B. Webb of Kentucky State Police said at the news conference. “It’s not far away, it’s here.”
It was the second school shooting this week. On Monday, a 15-year-old girl in Italy, Texas, was hospitalized after her 16-year-old classmate shot her, according to local news reports. That suspect, a boy, was taken into custody by the Ellis County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities said on Tuesday that the victim was recovering.