Two teenagers dead and 17 injured in Kentucky school shooting

[Meatpie]

Many parents rushed to the school with their cars to pick up their kids after hearing news of mass shooting.

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.

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.

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.

 

[badjohnny25]

Its always intriguing to get into the minds of these shooters and what they are thinking...too bad they didn't have more information on the shooter, such as if he was a normal kid in school, popular, introvert, etc.

 

[Tecpatl]

Because he is only 15 his identity can’t be revealed. But the state decided today to ask that he be tried as an adult, so when the case moves out of juvenile court it will be public record.

 

[alexonedeath]

I figured he'd be tried as an adult. People are sick of coddling murderers just because they're under 18. A 15-year-old (or a 12-year-old for that matter) can create just as much homicidal mayhem as an old man. I don't care if this kid was bullied. Bullying is wrong and it's a shame, but it's never going to be accepted as an excuse for killing. I hope KY is a state with the death penalty.