FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) – One person is dead and another is injured after a shooting on Kentucky State University’s campus Tuesday.
Officials with the Frankfort Police Department said they received a report of an active aggressor on KSU’s campus at 3:10 p.m. Officers were on scene by 3:14 p.m.
Kentucky State University confirmed that two students were shot. One of the students has died and the other is in stable but critical condition and receiving medical care.
A university official confirmed to WKYT that the shooting happened in the area of south campus.
Frankfort Police report that a suspect is in custody and is not a KSU student.
The suspect has been identified as 48-year-old Jacob Lee Bard of Evansville, Indiana. He is charged with murder and first-degree assault.
Kentucky State Police, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Kentucky Homeland Security were all on scene
This is a developing story.
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