BENTON, KENTUCKY — Two are dead and 17 others injured after a teenage boy opened fire inside a Kentucky school.<br /><br />The Lexington Herald Leader reports that the incident at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky began just before 8 a.m., when a shooter started firing at students in the common area.<br /><br />The rampage continued as the students ran for cover. A 15-year-old girl was shot and killed on the scene, while more than a dozen others were wounded.<br /><br />Five shooting victims were airlifted to a Nashville hospital, where one boy later died from head wounds. The four others are expected to survive after being shot in the head, arm, chest, and abdomen.<br /><br />Police have apprehended the 15-year-old male suspect, who will be charged with murder and attempted murder.<br /><br />The gunman's identity has not been disclosed since he's still a juvenile, but will likely be made public if the case is moved to adult court.<br /><br />At least nine US school shootings have been reported so far in 2018, but the incident in Kentucky is the year's first fatal school shooting.
