2:45 PM EST UPDATE: AP has made a correction in this story that 17, not 19, people were injured in the shooting at a Kentucky high school.
BENTON, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Matt Bevin says the fatal shooting at southwest Kentucky high school leaves a wound that will take a long time to heal.
Two students were killed Tuesday morning at Marshall County High School when a 15-year-old classmate opened fire. Bevin says 17 other people were injured, 12 of them suffering gunshot wounds.
Speaking at a news conference, Bevin says one girl died at the scene. A boy died at a hospital.
Kentucky State Police Commissioner Richard Sanders says the shooter was armed with a handgun. The boy will be charged with murder and attempted murder.
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1:45 PM EST UPDATE: BENTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police Commissioner Richard Sanders says the suspect in the fatal shooting at a Kentucky high school was armed with a handgun.
Sanders says one girl died at the scene Tuesday morning at Marshall County High School. A boy died at a hospital. The shooting began at 7:57 a.m.
Sanders says the FBI and the ATF have joined the investigation.
A 15-year-old male student has been taken into custody and will be charged with murder and attempted murder in the shooting.
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1:40 PM EST UPDATE: BENTON, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Matt Bevin says two people have been killed and 19 injured in a shooting at a high school in southwest Kentucky.
Of the 19 injured, Bevin says 14 of those were gunshot wounds.
Bevin also said the suspect in the Tuesday morning shooting at Marshall County High School is a 15-year-old male student who will be charged with murder.
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1:35 PM EST UPDATE: BENTON, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Matt Bevin: 2 killed and 19 injured in shooting at Kentucky high school. Kentucky shooting suspect is a 15-year-old male student who will be charged with murder, according to the Governor.
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10:45 AM EST UPDATE: BENTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police say the suspected shooter at a high school was apprehended by a Marshall County deputy.
The Tuesday morning shooting at Marshall County High School in southwest Kentucky has left one person dead and others wounded.
State police didn’t provide any other immediate details about the shooter or the apprehension.
Meanwhile, a soccer coach at the school says all of her players are safe. Savana Smothers is the assistant girls’ soccer coach for Marshall County High School. She told The Associated Press in a Facebook message: “You just never think this will happen in a small town like ours.”
WPSD-TV reports the high school students are being bused to a middle school where parents can pick up them up.
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BENTON, Ky. (AP) – Authorities are reporting one person was killed and others were wounded Tuesday morning in a high school shooting in rural Kentucky.
In a tweet from a verified account, Gov. Matt Bevin said it happened at Marshall County High School in southwest Kentucky.
In the tweet, Bevin says a shooting suspect was in custody. No other details were immediately available.
Tragic shooting at Marshall County HS…Shooter is in custody, one confirmed fatality, multiple others wounded…Much yet unknown…Please do not speculate or spread hearsay…Let’s let the first responders do their job and be grateful that they are there to do it for us…
— Governor Matt Bevin (@GovMattBevin) January 23, 2018
The community is about 120 miles northwest of Nashville, Tennessee.
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