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Kentucky school shooting: Two teenagers dead and 17 injured | Kentucky school shooting: Two teenagers dead and 17 injured |
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Two people have been killed and 17 injured in a high school shooting in the US state of Kentucky. | Two people have been killed and 17 injured in a high school shooting in the US state of Kentucky. |
A 15-year-old girl died at the scene at Marshall County High School in the town of Benton and a 15-year-old boy died in hospital, said Kentucky's governor. | A 15-year-old girl died at the scene at Marshall County High School in the town of Benton and a 15-year-old boy died in hospital, said Kentucky's governor. |
The attacker, a 15-year-old male student, was arrested in "a non-violent apprehension", officials said. | |
State police said the unidentified boy was held about 15 minutes after opening fire at 08:00 local time on Tuesday. | |
The lone attacker opened fire with a handgun apparently at random in a common area before classes started, according to local media. | |
He will be charged with murder and attempted murder, said officials. The FBI was assisting in the investigation. | |
Police named the two students who died as Bailey Holt, pronounced dead at the school, and Preston Cope, who succumbed to his injuries in hospital. | |
Fourteen students were hit by gunfire, including the two who died. | |
Another five students suffered non-gunshot injuries while trying to escape the gunfire. | |
Jason Hall, a student at the school of nearly 1,150, described the stampede for the exits. | |
"I saw people getting shoved down," he said. "There was a lot of blood everywhere. It was horrible." | |
The attack shocked the small farming town of 4,500 people, situated about 130 miles (210km) north-west of Nashville, Tennessee. | |
"To walk in, the backpacks laying around, the phones laying around, going off, it's indescribable," Marshall County Attorney Jeffery Edwards told reports the Louisville Courier-Journal. | |
"I've been doing this for 25 years. It's not like anything I've experienced in my life." | "I've been doing this for 25 years. It's not like anything I've experienced in my life." |
Governor Matt Bevin called the attack a "tremendous tragedy" in a statement posted on Twitter. | Governor Matt Bevin called the attack a "tremendous tragedy" in a statement posted on Twitter. |
"It is unbelievable that this would happen in a small, close-knit community like Marshall County," he said. | "It is unbelievable that this would happen in a small, close-knit community like Marshall County," he said. |
"As there is still much unknown, I encourage people to love on each other at this time. | "As there is still much unknown, I encourage people to love on each other at this time. |
"Do not speculate, but come alongside each other in support and allow the facts to come out." | "Do not speculate, but come alongside each other in support and allow the facts to come out." |
In Washington, Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell took to the Senate floor to send "prayers of comfort" to the community. | |
Several nearby churches and schools were holding vigils for the victims. | |
Wednesday's classes at the school have been cancelled. | |
It is at least the second gun attack in an American high school in as many days. | |
A 15-year-old girl was shot by a 16-year-old classmate in the cafeteria on Monday in the small Texas town of Italy. | |
The girl is recovering in hospital; her attacker fled but was later arrested. | The girl is recovering in hospital; her attacker fled but was later arrested. |