14 Students Shot at Marshall County High School In Kentucky, 2 Killed

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BENTON, Kentucky — An 15-year-old male student armed with a handgun killed two classmates and injured 19 more at a rural Kentucky high school Tuesday morning.

The gunfire broke out at Marshall County High School, 416 High School Road.

Officials say the deceased victims are Bailey Nicole Holt, 15, and Preston Cope, 15. Five of the wounded remain in critical condition.

Police say the unidentified suspect will be charged with murder and attempted murder—a motive was not known.

A friend of Holt posted a photo on Facebook, writing, “Bailey holt was always so happy and a great friend we will love you and can’t believe you were taking away from us so soon. But god has definitely gained a beautiful angel.???? prayer to her family as they go through all this.”

Photo of Gunman: The Associated Press

WSMV reported: News 4 spoke with parent Misty Green, whose daughter was inside the school during the shooting.

“My daughter was sitting there in the commons area and heard the ‘pop, pop, pop’ and initially got down and then just realized what was going on, so they took out running out of the building as fast as they could,” Green said.

Green said her daughter, Morgan, is traumatized after seeing and hearing the entire incident.

“Initially she didn’t know what it was, but then she realized it was a gun and all of the other students realized what it was, and they all just got out of the building as quickly as they could. And teachers were grabbing kids up and helping them get into safe places. And helping them get outside and get to a safe location,” Green said.

Ethan Derevage, 15, was also in the commons room when shots rang out. He ran into the gym next door and escaped the building through a side door.

As he was running, the freshman student called his mother, Missy Hufford, to come pick him up.

“I know when he called me, he said, ‘Mom there’s been a shooting.’ And I asked if him if he was OK, and he said, ‘I’m running,'” she said. “And I told him I was on my way, and I didn’t even know where he was at the time. I just knew I had to get to him.”

Another teen picked up Ethan Derevage and several other boys and drove them to a nearby McDonald’s for safety.

The Kentucky State Police are leading the investigation.

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