Father at son's college dorm to help him move out opens fire on other students because there was 'bad blood' between his child and them: Police

A Kentucky begetter is accused of shooting and sidesplitting a assemblage pupil astatine his son's assemblage portion helium was determination to assistance him determination retired due to the fact that helium was disquieted astir his safety.

Jacob Bard, 48, has been charged with execution and first-degree assault, authorities say. He has pleaded not blameworthy to the charges.

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On the day of Dec. 9, Bard was connected the Kentucky State University field successful Frankfort to spot his son. According to the Frankfort Police Department, helium was determination to marque definite his kid was safe.

His lad had been attacked connected campus, and on with his wife, Bard went to the university's bureau of pupil affairs to study it, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader, citing grounds from Bard's lawyer during a Tuesday tribunal hearing. Campus constabulary past escorted the parents to their son's dorm truthful they could assistance him determination out.

According to Bard's lawyer, Mark Hall, they were "essentially attacked," with information footage and a video posted connected societal media showing radical running, 1 of whom was holding a shot bat, earlier Bard began shooting extracurricular the residence hall. Two students were struck. One of them, 19-year-old De'Jon Fox, died.

The different pupil was taken to an country infirmary successful captious condition. He was reportedly unchangeable arsenic of Tuesday.

Bard was arrested and placed successful the Franklin County Regional Jail. While his enslaved was initially acceptable astatine $1 million, it was reduced to $100,000 connected Tuesday.

It is unclear what led up to the alleged onslaught connected Bard's lad and wherefore a confrontation occurred conscionable earlier the shooting. However, Frankfort constabulary detective Laura Marco said determination was "bad blood" betwixt Bard's lad and a radical of students.

"One [assault] has been stated to maine aggregate times, 1 circumstantial instance," she said, per section CBS affiliate WKYT. "There were different attempted incidents wherever helium was not assaulted."

Bard's lawyer said his lawsuit was acting successful self-defense. "Mr. Bard went to Kentucky State University with a intent and that intent was to region his children from an unsafe environment," Hall said.

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The suspect had 2 sons who went to the school, with some of them on the shot team, the Evansville Courier & Press reported. While a GoFundMe raised astir $26,000 for Bard pursuing his arrest, it was taken down due to the fact that of the company's argumentation against "fundraisers for the ineligible defence of idiosyncratic charged with a convulsive crime."

A GoFundMe was besides posted for Fox — with this 1 not removed. It says his household and everyone who loved him were "devastated" by his death. It goes on: "His parents are present facing the benignant of heartbreak nary genitor should ever person to endure, particularly 2 weeks earlier Christmas — readying a ceremonial for their kid and navigating a aboriginal without them."