LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Carroll County community is mourning the loss of a student athlete.
The student’s name was not released Sunday, but a spokesperson for the district said he would have started his junior year at Carroll County High School on Wednesday.
On Monday, the Owen County Coroner's Office confirmed the student killed was 16-year-old Bryce Stewart. The coroner said the death was "shooting related."
40-year-old Timothy Stone was arrested and charged with manslaughter, according to court records. Bond was set Monday at $100,000.
On Tuesday, an arrest citation obtained by WHAS11 indicated Stone admitted to drinking 10 beers and a shot of bourbon. According to the document, police believe Stone shot Stewart in the chest while showing him a firearm.
Stone is being held on $100,000 bond and is due back in court on Thursday.
Stewart was also a football player and participated in various groups and clubs at the school.
“It is difficult to process and cope with the loss of such a young, vital life,” Carroll County Schools Superintendent Casey Jaynes said in a statement released Sunday night. “Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with this young man’s family.”
School officials said the campus and football field will be open Monday at noon where students can be in a “safe space to gather, grieve or just be.”
The investigation into the student’s death is ongoing, according to the district.
Carrollton is about 60 miles northeast of Louisville.
On Monday, Jaynes released another statement:
As we continue to work with our students, families and staff on the tragic loss of a CCHS student, we would ask that our community members support us in numerous ways. We appreciate your thoughts and prayers and your continued comments via phone calls, emails, texts and social media, but we also would appreciate the honor of our privacy as well.
We have been privileged to be thought of by members outside of the community, as I know many staff members have received communications from all over the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Public education roots run deep and have a profound influence on our communities. Relationships matter and I am proud to be a member of the Carroll County School District community.
Stewart's funeral will be Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Graham-Dunn Funeral Home in Carrollton.
After the funeral, he'll be laid to rest at the Corn Creek Baptist Church.
Carroll County Schools says high school students will be excused from school to attend if a parent comes and signs them out.
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