Tag: school shooting

Parents of alleged Campbell County shooter sought help:

This is an article I briefly touched on Friday. It’s about the school for troubled kids that Ken Bartley’s parents placed him in when he was 12. It’s called the Kingswood School and it’s a private Christian home that is funded purely on donations. Ken Bartley was there for a year and a half. The article doesn’t say why he was there but it states that counselors were teaching him how to handle problems like drugs and alcohol. But administrators said that Bartley was not doing well enough to go home when his parents removed him from the school…

Helton says parents initially agree that therapists will decide when a child is ready to go home.

“They thought he was ready to leave and we did not,” Helton said. “So he did leave against our recommendations because we felt he had not completed our program.”

Prosecutor: Boy should be tried as adult:

This is just another article about how Campbell County prosecutors want to try Ken Bartley as an adult. However, I found this piece of the article interesting…

Pam Cannon, a parent who has two sons at the high school, and several students said the boy stabbed Seale in the hand with a pencil when Seale was his middle school principal.

That would be Principal Gary Seale who was shot in the lower abdomen but survived. So it sounds like not only did Bartley have possibly a prior history of violence but a history of violence with one of his victims.

School Shooting: Could it have been prevented?:

The Campbell County sheriff’s department tells us 14-year old Kenneth Bartley brought the .22 caliber handgun into school from home.

This leaves many wondering if the gun was locked up, could the shooting have been prevented.

Um….YEAH!!!

D.A. wants accused school shooting suspect tried as an adult:

Campbell County District Attorney Paul Phillips wants to have Kenneth Bartley Jr. tried as an adult. At present Bartley is being charged with first-degree murder among other charges. Also…

Authorities have identified the source of the gun, although no charges will be filed against the owner.

More on: Kenneth Bartley- Accused school shooter:

This is an article about the family history of Campbell County High School shooter Kenneth Bartley. Here are the things that stood out in this article for me…

Misty turner worked in Kenny’s Deli and says she witnessed family difficulties, which she says began when the boy’s parents divorced.

“He was in juvenile up in Scott County. They put him there for being an unruly child. This is his first year in public schools, I know for a long time,” Turner said.

Which goes along with one of the blog entries that Steve Huff found from another CCHS student.

But this was most disturbing…

“They just said all day today he was asking his friends to feel his pocket. To feel his gun, and showing it off to everyone,” Turner said.

“One of the students did report it to one of the principals, and when they called him into the office, that’s when he done it,” Turner said.

I wonder how many kids he showed the gun to before one of them finally said something?

According to this article Principal Gary Seale and Asst. Principal Jim Pierce were injured while trying to subdue Bartley. Was Ken Bruce the intended target then and Seale and Pierce are just fallout?

Still no word on the motive.

Again a huge thanks to Tina.

Update: Suspect in Campbell County High School shooting taken into custody

The suspect is 15-year-old Kenneth Bartley, a freshman at Campbell County High School. According to the article he was treated at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Lafollette for a gunshot wound to the hand. A .22 caliber handgun has been recovered by authorities.

They also have updates on the conditions of the two surviving victims…

Assistant Principal Jim Pierce was released from surgery at UT Medical Center around 5:45 p.m. and has been upgraded from critical to stable condition.

A spokesman for UT Medical Center says a bullet remains lodged behind Pierce’s heart. Doctors are examining x-rays to determine the best way to remove the bullet.

Principal Gary Seale, also wounded in the shooting, has just been taken into surgery at UT Medical Center; he is listed in serious condition.

Something I forgot to mention is that my prayers and condolences go out to the friends and family of Ken Bruce.

A huge thanks to Tina.