Shooting at Kentucky university leaves 1 dead and others injured, governor says: ‘Let’s pray for all those affected’

At least one person has been killed and another left critically wounded in a shooting at Kentucky State University, authorities have said.

Police in Frankfort, the state’s capital, said the campus was put into lockdown Tuesday, with governor Andy Beshear later confirming the incident.

The shooting unfolded around 3:35 p.m. at Young Hall, a dorm on the campus’ south side, Frankfort Assistant Chief of Police Scott Tracy told WDRB.

Law enforcement agencies remain on the scene and have secured the campus, though a suspect has now been taken into custody.

Further details, including a motive or whether the suspect was a student at KSU, were not immediately available.

However, preliminary information indicated that the shooting stemmed from a personal dispute rather than a random act of violence, ABC reported, citing an official briefed on the situation.

The Frankfort Police Department said it responded to calls “regarding an active aggressor.”

“We will share more information as available,” Beshear said in a post on X. “Law enforcement are on scene, and a suspect has been arrested. Let’s pray for all those affected.”

Kentucky State is a public historically Black university with about 2,200 students. Lawmakers authorized the school’s creation in 1886.

The incident Tuesday comes after two other two other historically Black universities were targeted earlier, both taking place on homecoming weekends in October.

A shooting near the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C., inured five people, though no students, and a day later at least one person was killed and six more were injured at Lincoln University, in Pennsylvania.

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