Archive · 11 Dec 2025
Parent Charged with Murder After Campus Shooting
A parent named Jacob Lee Bard was charged with murder after a shooting at Kentucky State University.
The shooting happened in a student dormitory and left one student dead and another hurt badly.
The police say Bard shot the students, but they don't know why yet.
The university is looking at how to make the campus safer.
This is the second shooting near this dormitory in a few months.
The university president said the campus is usually safe, but they will check their safety rules again.
A parent, Jacob Lee Bard, was charged with murder after a shooting at Kentucky State University.
The shooting occurred in Whitney M. Young Jr. Hall, a student residence, and resulted in one student's death and another's critical injury.
Police allege Bard fired multiple shots at the victims, but the motive remains unknown.
Bard was arrested at the scene by university police and charged with murder and first-degree assault.
The university is reviewing its safety measures following the incident, which is the second shooting near the dormitory in four months.
- Who
- Jacob Lee Bard, 48-year-old parent, and De'Jon Fox, 19-year-old student
- What
- A shooting inside a campus residence hall
- When
- Tuesday (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- Whitney M. Young Jr. Hall, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, Kentucky
- Why
- Motive not yet determined
- Victim
- De'Jon Fox, 19-year-old student
- Suspect
- Jacob Lee Bard, 48-year-old parent
- Location
- Whitney M. Young Jr. Hall, Kentucky State University
- Charges
- Murder and first-degree assault
- University
- Kentucky State University, a historically Black university
- Date
- Tuesday (specific date not mentioned)
- Injuries
- One student dead, another critically injured