"The shooting happened around 3 p.m. and was an "isolated incident," Scott Tracy, assistant chief of police for Frankfort, said during a news conference Tuesday evening. Tracy said police swiftly responded to the shooting."
""There are no active safety concerns on campus at this time," he said."
""We are in close contact with the families and are providing every available support to them," the school said in a statement, adding that counseling and support services are available."
The shooting occurred around 3 p.m. in Whitney M. Young Jr. Hall, a residence hall at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky. One student was killed and another was critically wounded and is reported stable. Jacob Lee Bard, a non-student from Evansville, Indiana, was arrested and booked into jail on murder and first-degree assault charges. Authorities described the incident as isolated and reported no active safety concerns on campus. Multiple police vehicles and crime-scene tape were present at the dormitory area. The university is providing counseling and support to families. No motive has been publicly released, and court records did not list an attorney for the suspect.
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