17 Shot at School, at Least 2 Dead
By CBS News. A 15-year-old boy shot 14 people Tuesday morning at southwestern Kentucky high school, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said. A 15-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl died.
Five others suffered non-gunshot injuries, the governor said. The suspect in the incident at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky, has been apprehended, according to officials with Marshall County Emergency Management. It was the nation’s first fatal school shooting of 2018.
Police were seen leading a teenager away in handcuffs. The shooter will be charged with murder and attempted murder, Kentucky State Police Lt. Michael Webb said.
“He was apprehended by the sheriff’s department here on site, at the school, thankfully before any more lives could be taken,” Webb said.
Police did not release any identities, nor did they describe a motive. Webb said detectives are looking into his home and background. (Read more from “14 Shot at School, at Least 2 Dead” HERE)
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Kentucky School Shooting: 2 Students Killed and 17 Others Injured
By CNN. A 15-year-old male student was arrested at the scene and will be charged with murder and attempted murder, Bevin said. Marshall County Attorney Jeff Edwards said it’s likely the suspect will be charged as an adult, but his name won’t be released unless he’s indicted . . .
Daniel Austin, a 17-year-old special needs student, was hospitalized. His parents called his cell phone incessantly until someone in the emergency room picked up and said Daniel had been shot . . .
Five male students were taken to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, about 100 miles away by helicopter.
Three of them were shot in the head, one in the arm and one in the abdomen, Dr. Oscar Guillamondegui, medical director of the trauma intensive care unit, said at a news conference. He didn’t identify the students. (Read more from “Kentucky School Shooting: 2 Students Killed and 17 Others Injured” HERE)
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