A grand jury declined to indict the father of two Kentucky State University students who was charged with murder after an on-campus shooting left one student dead and another critically injured.
Defense attorney Scott Danks announced on Facebook that a grand jury decided not to indict his client, Jacob Lee Bard, for the Dec. 9 shooting and that he is out of jail. Bard’s attorneys have long maintained that he was justified in shooting the two people who were beating his son, as 20-30 people gathered to attack the family.
“GRAND JURY FINDS JACOB ACTED IN SELF DEFENSE AND REFUSES TO INDICT,” Danks wrote. “He’s out of jail and the case is over!”