Kentucky State University Shooting Kills 1 - The State Signal

Kentucky State University Shooting Kills 1

ByThe State Signal Newsdesk

USA – A Kentucky State University shooting on Tuesday left 1 student dead and another critically wounded according to local authorities.

Both victims are KSU students, though the suspected gunman is not, authorities said.

University police arrested the suspect at the scene. He was later identified as Jacob Lee Bard of Evansville, Indiana, according to city officials.

Bard was booked into Franklin County Regional Jail on charges of murder and first-degree assault.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Frankfort Assistant Police Chief Scott Tracy said the shooting appeared to be targeted.

“This was not a mass shooting or a random incident,” Beshear said in a video statement.

The wounded student was taken to a hospital in critical but stable condition, Tracy added.

Police said this was the second shooting at KSU this year. In August, two students were shot near Young Hall when someone in a passing vehicle opened fire on a group walking on campus.

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