FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — At least one person was killed and another was critically wounded in a shooting at Kentucky State University on Tuesday, and a suspect was in custody, police said.
Police in Frankfort, the state’s capital city, said the campus was on lockdown. Video from WLKY-TV in Louisville showed multiple police vehicles outside a cluster of dormitories and crime scene tape in a courtyard.
Police gather on the Kentucky State University campus following a deadly shooting on Dec. 9, 2025. (Court TV)
It’s not clear yet where the shooting happened. Campus police and school officials did not immediately respond to messages.
Frankfort police said it responded to an incident involving “an active aggressor” and that the campus was secured. Authorities planned to release more informatio

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