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Family members escort their children out of Marshal North Middle School near Palma, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, after being transported from the Marshal High School. The students of the high school were transported to the middle school to be picked up by family members after a shooting. (AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee)
- Stephen Lance Dennee
Gov. Matt Bevin speaks during a media briefing at the Marshall County Board of Education following a shooting at Marshall County High School in Benton, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. A couple of students were killed and others injured Tuesday morning at Marshall County High School when a 15-year-old classmate opened fire. (Ryan Hermens/The Paducah Sun via AP)
- Ryan Hermens
Kentuckty State Police Lt. Michael Webb speaks during a media briefing at the Marshall County Board of Education following a shooting at Marshall County High School in Benton, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. A couple of students were killed and others injured Tuesday morning at Marshall County High School when a 15-year-old classmate opened fire. (Ryan Hermens/The Paducah Sun via AP)
- Ryan Hermens
Shannon Duffy walks her daughter Lyra, center and son Kalessin, right, out of Marshal North Middle School near Palma, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, after a school shooting at Marshal County High school. The students of the high school in nearby Draffenville were transported to the middle school to be picked up by family members after a shooting at the high school. (AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee)
- Stephen Lance Dennee
UPDATES TO REMOVE NUMBER OF PEOPLE INJURED - Police escort a person, second from right, out of the Marshall County High School after shooting there, Tuesday, Jan 23, 2018, in Benton, Ky. Gov. Matt Bevin said two people were killed numerous others were injured in the shooting. (Dominico Caporali via AP)
- Dominico Caporali
Patrick Adamson, youth director and praise leader at Briensburg Baptist Church, comforts two people prior to a prayer vigil at Briensburg Baptist Church near Benton, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Bailey Nicole Holt and Preston Ryan Cope, both 15, were killed and more than a dozen injured when a classmate opened fire Tuesday morning in the Marshall County High School atrium, a common area at the school where several hallways meet and students gather before classes. (AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee)
- Stephen Lance Dennee
A woman wipes tears from her eye during a prayer vigil at Briensburg Baptist Church near Benton, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Bailey Nicole Holt and Preston Ryan Cope, both 15, were killed and another 17 people injured when a classmate opened fire Tuesday morning in the Marshall County High School atrium, a common area at the school where several hallways meet and students gather before classes. (AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee)
- Stephen Lance Dennee
Students and community members hold hands in prayer before classes at Paducah Tilghman High School in Paducah, Ky., Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018. The gathering was held for the victims of the Marshall County High School shooting on Tuesday. (Ryan Hermens/The Paducah Sun via AP)
- Ryan Hermens
Alyssa Edging, center, a student at McCracken County High School, embraces Erica Johnson, left, and Abigail Hicks, both juniors at Marshall County High School in Benton, Ky., following a prayer vigil at Paducah Tilghman High School in Paducah, Ky., Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018. The gathering was held to honor the victims of the Marshall County High School shooting on Tuesday. (Ryan Hermens/The Paducah Sun via AP)
- Ryan Hermens
Students and community members hold hands in prayer before classes at Paducah Tilghman High School in Paducah, Ky., Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018. The gathering was held for the victims of the Marshall County High School shooting on Tuesday. (Ryan Hermens/The Paducah Sun via AP)
- Ryan Hermens
Mourners comfort one another prior to a prayer vigil at Briensburg Baptist Church near Benton, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Bailey Nicole Holt and Preston Ryan Cope, both 15, were killed and more than a dozen injured when a classmate opened fire Tuesday morning in the Marshall County High School atrium, a common area at the school where several hallways meet and students gather before classes. (AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee)
- Stephen Lance Dennee
Family members escort their children out of Marshal North Middle School near Palma, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, after the students where transported from Marshal High School. The students were transported to the middle school to be picked up by family members after a deadly shooting at the high school. (AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee)
- Stephen Lance Dennee
Stan Collins of Benton, second from left, holds a candle during a vigil at Impact Church in Benton, Ky., Tuesday Jan. 23, 2018. The vigil was held for victims of the Marshall County High School shooting earlier in the day. (Ryan Hermens/The Paducah Sun via AP)
- Ryan Hermens
Students embrace following a prayer vigil at Paducah Tilghman High School in Paducah, Ky., Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018, in Paducah, Ky. The gathering was held for the victims of the Marshall County High School shooting on Tuesday. (Ryan Hermens/The Paducah Sun via AP)
- Ryan Hermens
Students and community members hold hands in prayer before classes at Paducah Tilghman High School in Paducah, Ky., Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018. The gathering was held for the victims of the Marshall County High School shooting on Tuesday. (Ryan Hermens/The Paducah Sun via AP)
- Ryan Hermens
Mother: School shooting took life of a 'perfect sweet soul'
- By CLAIRE GALOFARO, KRISTIN M. HALL and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press
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