Suspect in custody after shooting puts several Ky. school districts on lockdown

WOLFE COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - The alleged gunman behind a shooting that caused at least five Kentucky school districts to go on lockdown Friday, has been taken into police custody.

Kentucky State Police say investigators determined Pedro Torices fired a weapon, striking an unknown person in the Bethany community of Wolfe County Friday morning, Torices allegedly fled the scene before police arrived.

Torices was apprehended by police after an 18-hour manhunt, he is charged with assault, unlawful imprisonment & terroristic threatening. He is being held at the Three Forks Regional Jail

The incident caused lockdowns at schools in Wolfe, Breathitt, Owsley, Magoffin, Powell & Lee Counties.

“Our school resource officer notified the administration that there was a shooting in the community and that the suspect was at large, so we immediately went to lockdown,” said Superintendent Kenny Bell, Wolfe County Schools.

A WKYT viewer took this video from the Bethany area: