College shooting: 2 killed, 1 injured in Kentucky
Initial reports say 2 were killed at a Kentucky college. A teenager was also wounded. The shootings took place on the main campus of Hazard Community & Technical College in Hazard, Ky.
2 were killed and one injured at a college shooting in Kentucky. In this picture, a convention attendee handles a Sig Sauer P220 .45 caliber semiautomatic pistol at the 35th annual SHOT Show, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, in Las Vegas. It is not yet known what kind of gun was used at the Kentucky college shooting.
Julie Jacobson / AP
Louisville, Ky.
Two people were shot and killed and a teenager wounded Tuesday in the parking lot of an eastern聽Kentucky聽community聽college, authorities said.
A police dispatcher told The Associated Press the聽shooting聽happened about 5:30 p.m. at Hazard Community & Technical聽College聽in Hazard, Ky. The dispatcher, who was not authorized to release information, spoke on condition of anonymity.
Two people showed up at the聽Kentucky聽State Police post in Hazard and said they were involved in the shooting, police spokesman Tony Watts said, but he said he did not know whether they were alleged perpetrators or witnesses. State police held the two until Hazard police came and took them into custody, he said.
Conor Duff, the聽college's聽evening coordinator, said the school was on lockdown following the聽shooting聽at the campus, 90 miles southeast of Lexington. Police searched the school's two buildings and determined that no one else was at risk, Duff said.
Classes had resumed Monday at the campus after the holiday break, according to the聽college's聽website, which also posted that there had been an incident and asked students to stay away from the main campus.
The聽college's聽academic programs range from associate's degrees in arts and sciences to career-focused training in mining technology and heavy-equipment operation.