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A student is dead, another is critically injured and a suspect is in custody after a shooting at Kentucky State University on Dec. 9, local police announced.

Frankfort, Kentucky, police said they responded to reports of a shooting at the school at about 3:35 p.m. local time. The two victims were taken to a local hospital where one died and the other is "in stable but critical condition." The suspect in custody was not a student.

Police said in a statement late on Dec. 9 the shooting was an isolated incident and there is no active threat.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said the shooting was not a "random incident" and suggested it started following an argument.

"This was not a mass shooting or a random incident," Beshear said in a video message at about 6 p.m. local time,"The suspected shooter is already in custody. That means that while this was scary, there is no ongoing threat and I believe our families are safe."

The Democratic governor asked for prayers in response to the shooting: "Pray for those that have been injured… Pray for a world where these things don’t happen and I’ll keep trying to build the Kentucky that we don’t see arguments end in violence."

Kentucky State University is a school of about 2,200 students and 450 faculty and staff members. The school located in the state capital was founded in 1886. Frankfort is located between Louisville and Lexington.

(This story was updated to add a video.)

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Student dead, suspect in custody after shooting at Kentucky State University

Reporting by Michael Loria, USA TODAY / USA TODAY

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