Officials continue to investigate the attack that killed two students and injured 18 others.
The mother of one of the two students killed a Kentucky high school shooting on Tuesday said her daughter was a “perfect sweet soul.”
Secret Holt told KFVS she appreciates “all the prayers” and support. She said the “horrific act of violence” at Marshall County High School that claimed her daughter’s life is “just unbearable” for her family.
Bailey Nicole Holt and Preston Ryan Cope, both 15, were killed and another 18 people were injured when a classmate opened fire Tuesday morning in the school’s atrium.
A police spokesman’s update said a total of 16 people were wounded by gunfire at the school in rural western Kentucky. Another four had various injuries. Those injured or killed included 14 males and six females, ranging in age from 14 to 18.