HENDERSON, Ky. − At the very least two individuals are lifeless and a number of others had been injured after a reported mass taking pictures at a Kentucky homeless shelter for males Thursday evening, officers mentioned.
The taking pictures occurred round 7:40 p.m. on the Harbor Home Christian Middle. About 15 individuals had been inside on the time, Henderson Metropolis Commissioner Robert Pruitt mentioned.
In a Fb publish, Henderson Police Division recognized the suspect as Kenneth R. Gibbs of Henderson. Shortly earlier than 10 p.m., Henderson police mentioned on social media that Gibbs had been discovered and brought into custody.
Pruitt confirmed the primary fatality to the Courier & Press, a part of the USA TODAY Community, and metropolis spokeswoman Donna Stinnett confirmed the second.
Henderson police mentioned the scene has been secured. No names of victims have been launched.
Harbor Home is listed as a homeless shelter on Fb and Google. Its Fb web page describes it as “a secure harbor for males in want. Harbor Home is a Christian-based group devoted to bringing males up locally, by selling a God-based basis.”
This middle is a shelter for males who want housing, meals, and help with discovering employment.
Pruitt mentioned Harbor Home has been round since 1989. It’s been an asset for the group, he mentioned, however “tonight places a scar on that.”
Round 9:40 p.m., a Henderson metropolis bus arrived to take 10 different residents to the Salvation Military for the evening. They prayed earlier than boarding.
‘Eight or 9 photographs’
Brian McClain is a resident at Harbor. A church service had simply ended, and he instructed the Courier & Press he was resting within the dormitory space earlier than leaving for his third-shift job when a person he believed to be the shooter immediately flipped on the lights.
“He checked out me humorous and shut the sunshine again off, and when he went out the dorm room, it wasn’t 5 seconds later I heard photographs,” McClain mentioned.
He mentioned he heard what he believed to be a handgun hearth “eight or 9 photographs.” He jumped off the bed and rushed towards the window. At first, McClain considered breaking it.
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“Lastly I bought my thoughts about me and unlocked the window and bought out,” he mentioned. ‘And one other dude bumped into the dorm and mentioned ‘Man, I feel I’m shot.’ And he bought shot proper right here within the (left) shoulder.”
McClain mentioned he is aware of at the least two of the victims. He described them as “two of the nicest guys you’ve ever met.”
“It is loopy,” he mentioned. “I don’t know what the hell is fallacious with individuals, man.”
