KSP Investigating Shooting Death of Carroll County High School Student

One person is in custody following the fatal shooting on Sunday morning.

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(Owenton, Ky.) – Kentucky State Police are investigating a fatal shooting that claimed the life of a Carroll County High School student.

Troopers responded to the incident on the 3700 block of Squiresville Road in Owenton on Sunday morning around 1:21 a.m.

Upon arrival, KSP located a deceased 16-year-old male, that was later identified as Bryce Stewart.

As a result of the preliminary investigation, Timothy Stone, 40, of Owenton, was arrested and charged with Manslaughter 2nd Degree. He is lodged at the Carroll County Detention Center.

No further details have been released as the investigation is ongoing.

“It is with great sadness that Carroll County Schools informs our community that Carroll County High School lost one of its students suddenly this weekend. The young man would have started his junior year of high school on Wednesday. He was a member of the CCHS Panthers football team, an officer in FFA and a CCHS cheerleader. He was also a student at the Carroll County Area Technology Center. It is difficult to process and cope with the loss of such a young, vital life. “Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with this young man’s family,” reads a statement from Superintendent Casey Jaynes.

Carroll County High School opened on Monday for students to have a safe space to gather, grieve or just be.

Carroll County and other area schools, such as Madison High School, turned on the lights at their football fields on Monday out of respect for Stewart.