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Student Killed, Another Critical in Kentucky State University Dorm Shooting as Suspect Is Charged

Police call the attack isolated, with investigators examining a possible personal dispute.

Overview

  • Authorities identified the student killed as 19-year-old De'Jon Darrell Fox Jr. of Indianapolis, who was pronounced dead at Frankfort Regional Medical Center.
  • Another Kentucky State University student remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition, according to police and university officials.
  • Jacob Lee Bard, 48, of Evansville, Indiana, was arrested within minutes by campus police, is not a student, and is booked on charges of murder and first-degree assault.
  • The shooting occurred outside the Whitney M. Young Jr. residence hall on the south side of campus in the mid-afternoon, prompting an active aggressor response and a swift lockdown.
  • Classes, final exams and campus activities are suspended for the rest of the week as a multi-agency investigation, including assistance from the ATF, continues.