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No Indictment for Father in Kentucky University Shooting
12/27/2025
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Story summary
- A Kentucky grand jury decided not to indict Jacob Lee Bard in connection with the December 9 shooting at Kentucky State University, in which 19-year-old De’Jon Fox was killed and another student was critically injured.
- Prosecutor Larry Cleveland said Bard acted in defense of his son during an altercation.
- Bard was initially arrested on murder and first-degree assault charges after the shooting.
