KY teen kills family, motorist, self
Kathi
Pike student kills family, dies in crash
TEEN FAILS SCHOOL DRUG TEST, SHOOTS PARENTS, GRANDMOTHER
By Lee Mueller
EASTERN KENTUCKY BUREAU
A Pike County student's failed drug test at East Ridge High School
triggered a chain of events yesterday that led to five deaths,
including his own, authorities said.
Matthew Hackney, a senior, tested positive in a drug test and then
went home and shot his parents and grandmother to death in their
carport. He was later killed after he fled toward Pikeville on U.S.
460 and crashed head-on into a pickup driven by an Elkhorn City
employee, who also died, authorities said.
State police identified the shooting victims as Hackney's parents,
Ivan L., 47, and Shirley Hackney, 44, and grandmother, Wilma Childers
Hackney, 63. Local residents identified the Elkhorn City worker as
Terry Taylor, 41. Police were unsure of Matthew Hackney's age, but
said he was "about 17."
The bodies of the three shooting victims were found about 3:45 p.m.
lying several feet apart at a residence on E and R Road in Elkhorn
City, said Mike Maynard, a paramedic for the Elkhorn City Ambulance
Service. Maynard said all three had been shot multiple times,
apparently with a high-caliber rifle.
Police were able to locate Hackney as he was driving north on U.S.
460. Hackney was about 10 miles from Elkhorn City when, about 3:50
p.m., he crashed into a city-owned pickup driven by Taylor at the
mouth of Powell's Creek. Both drivers died at the scene, state police
said.
Between the two events, Hackney stopped at Pizza Plus of Belcher to
see a childhood friend, Christa Coleman, 18, of Lick Creek, who works
in the pizza shop.
"He just told me he killed them," Coleman said. "He said they had
caught him with drugs and weed at school today. They had a drug test
and he failed it and when they tried to arrest him, he ran."
State police said it was unclear how Hackney left the school.
"I'm not sure whether he left school with police officers or left
school with parents," said Sgt. Steve Spurlock last night. "We're
still trying to clarify all that."
East Ridge High Principal Ralph Kilgore could not be reached for
comment.
Coleman said Hackney "was definitely on something" when he was talking
with her.
Hackney did not give Coleman any details of the shooting, she said.
"He just told me he shot them until they died," she said.
Coleman, who graduated from East Ridge this year, said Hackney had
asked her if he could come to her house and hide out for a few days
"and I told him, 'No way.'" After he left, Coleman said she called
state police.
Coleman, however, said Hackney "was on the war path."
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Bob Flaminio
> A Pike County student's failed drug test at East Ridge High School
> triggered a chain of events yesterday that led to five deaths,
> including his own, authorities said.
>
> Matthew Hackney, a senior, tested positive in a drug test and then
> went home and shot his parents and grandmother to death in their
> carport. He was later killed after he fled toward Pikeville on U.S.
> 460 and crashed head-on into a pickup driven by an Elkhorn City
> employee, who also died, authorities said.
More victims in the War on Drugs.
> "He just told me he killed them," Coleman said. "He said they had
> caught him with drugs and weed at school today. They had a drug test
> and he failed it and when they tried to arrest him, he ran."
Drugs don't kill. Drug *policies* kill.
--
Bob
Rongor Wright
vehicle just because some kid was high on pain killers. Bob is right about
drug policies. This kid would still be alive and his family and the
innocent man driving his truck if the kid hadn't been corralled and hunted
like a rabid animal. I have been doing drugs since I was 14. I'm mid 40's
now. I have yet to hurt anyone, threaten anyone or get fired from a job.
Policies and the peoples attitude about drugs is what set these horrible
events in motion. The kid needed help or counsel. Not expelling or
punishment from school or the parents. Which most likely what was scaring
the kid to death.
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