The suspect in Tuesday's fatal shooting at Kentucky State University pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and assault.

Jacob Lee Bard, 48, appeared in Franklin District Court on Thursday. Judge Chris Olds set Bard's bond at $1 million. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Dec. 16 in Frankfort.

Bard, of Evansville, Indiana, is charged with killing 19-year-old De'Jon Darrell Fox Jr., of Indianapolis, in an altercation on the KSU campus.

Fox and another student were shot. The second student, who has not been identified, was transported to the University of Kentucky Hospital with critical injuries, according to police.

Police have said that Bard is the father of a KSU student, but have not identified them.

Bard's attorney, according to court records, is Mark Hall, a Louisville public

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