At least one individual has been killed and one other left critically wounded in a capturing at Kentucky State University, authorities have stated.
Police in Frankfort, the state’s capital, stated the campus was put into lockdown Tuesday, with governor Andy Beshear later confirming the incident.
The capturing unfolded round 3:35 p.m. at Young Hall, a dorm on the campus’ south aspect, Frankfort Assistant Chief of Police Scott Tracy informed WDRB.
Law enforcement companies stay on the scene and have secured the campus, although a suspect has now been taken into custody.
Further particulars, together with a motive or whether or not the suspect or the 2 victims have been college students at KSU, weren’t instantly out there.
However, preliminary info indicated that the capturing stemmed from a private dispute relatively than a random act of violence, ABC reported, citing an official briefed on the scenario.
In a video handle Tuesday night, Beshear additionally stated the incident the incident didn’t seem like random and was “not a mass capturing.”
“Violence has no place in our commonwealth or nation,” he stated. “Let’s please pray for the households affected and for our KSU college students. Let’s additionally pray for a world the place these items don’t occur.
“Thank you to our courageous legislation enforcement who acted rapidly to guard our individuals.”
The Frankfort Police Department stated it responded to calls “concerning an energetic aggressor.”
Authorities are anticipated to offer additional info on the incident at a press convention later Tuesday night.
Kentucky State is a public traditionally Black college with about 2,200 college students. Lawmakers licensed the varsity’s creation in 1886.
The incident Tuesday comes after two different two different traditionally Black universities have been focused earlier, each happening on homecoming weekends in October.
A capturing close to the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C., inured 5 individuals, although no college students, and a day later a minimum of one individual was killed and 6 extra have been injured at Lincoln University, in Pennsylvania.
