US EditionGrand jury declines to indict man in shooting that killed teen at Kentucky State University
A Franklin County grand jury found insufficient evidence to indict Jacob Bard, accepting his claim of self-defense after a deadly attack on his family at Kentucky State University.
- A grand jury declined to indict Jacob Lee Bard for a shooting at Kentucky State University that killed one student and injured another.
- Bard's attorneys said he shot two people beating his son in self-defense after a group threatened them.
- The shooting was the second near the residence hall in four months at the historically Black university.
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Grand Jury Declines to Indict Father in Campus Shooting
A Kentucky grand jury has decided not to move forward with charges against the man accused in a deadly shooting at Kentucky State University earlier this month. Jacob Bard, 48, of Evansville, Indiana, had been charged with murder and assault after a Dec. 9 campus shooting that left one student...
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Grand jury declines to indict man in shooting that killed teen at Kentucky State University
A grand jury has declined to indict a father of two Kentucky State University students who was charged with murder in an on-campus shooting that killed one student and critically injured another.
No true bill returned by grand jury for man arrested in KSU shooting - WNKY News 40 Television
FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) – On Tuesday, a Franklin County grand jury decided not to indict a father accused of shooting two people at Kentucky State University earlier this month. That’s according to a report by WLEX on Tuesday. Kentucky State University officials identified the dead victim as 19-year-old student De’Jon Fox Jr. UPDATE 6 p.m.: According to court records, Bard was charged with murder and first-degree assault on Dec. 9. As of Tuesda…
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