--- description: The number of students injured in Tuesday's Kentucky school shooting has gone up title: Toll in Kentucky School Shooting Rises – 16 Students Shot image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta75aec05e29ccbff/6988f950bc6cfc38633e4c19/marshall-county-high-school-shooting-vigil.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Crime](/tag/crime/) ## Crime Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Toll in Deadly Kentucky School Shooting Rises – 16 Students Shot by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 24, 2018 8:51 PM CUT  People hold candles 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. People hold candles 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/AP by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 24, 2018 8:51 PM CUT After a 15-year-old boy opened fire on his classmates at their Kentucky high school Tuesday morning, police have raised the [number of shooting victims](http://time.com/5115047/marshall-county-high-school-shooting-kentucky/ "undefined") from 14 to 16. A total of 16 students, ranging from 14 to 18 years old, were shot with a handgun, and four others suffered various injuries at Marshall County High School, [Kentucky State Police](https://www.facebook.com/KentuckyStatePolice/posts/10156323942270676 "undefined") said on Facebook. Bailey Nicole Holt, 15, and Preston Ryan Cope, 15, were both killed in the shooting, police said, and four students remain hospitalized. The suspect, who has not been named, has been charged with two counts of murder and 12 counts of assault in the first degree, Assistant County Attorney Jason Darnall said in a press conference Wednesday. The teen will be tried as an adult, he said. > [](https://twitter.com/kystatepolice/status/956241934837837828) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5117058/kentucky-school-shooting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5117058/kentucky-school-shooting/"},"headline":"Toll in Deadly Kentucky School Shooting Rises – 16 Students Shot","datePublished":"2018-01-24T20:51:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T19:00:14.381Z","description":"2 were killed and another 18 were injured","url":"https://time.com/5117058/kentucky-school-shooting/","keywords":["Crime","Kentucky","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta75aec05e29ccbff/6988f950bc6cfc38633e4c19/marshall-county-high-school-shooting-vigil.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta75aec05e29ccbff/6988f950bc6cfc38633e4c19/marshall-county-high-school-shooting-vigil.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"School Shooting-Kentucky","caption":"School Shooting-Kentucky","creditText":"Ryan Hermens—The Paducah Sun/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/crime/","name":"Crime"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5117058/kentucky-school-shooting/","name":"Toll in Deadly Kentucky School Shooting Rises – 16 Students Shot"}}]}] ```