Kenneth Bartley Jr., right,
watches during jury selection Tuesday, April 10,
2007, in Jacksboro, Tenn. Bartley is being tried
as an adult for allegedly killing Assistant
Principal Ken Bruce and wounding Principal Gary
Seale and Assistant Principal Jim Pierce at
Campbell County Comprehensive High School on
Nov. 8, 2005.
Kenneth Bartley awaits
sentencing Tuesday, April 10, 2007, in Jacksboro,
Tenn. Bartley pleaded guilty Tuesday in the
killing of a high school official and wounding
of two others under a plea deal announced after
jury selection for his trial had started. He was
sentenced to 45 years in adult prison.
Kenneth Bartley Jr., second
right, is escorted to the courtroom for jury
selection Tuesday, April 10, 2007, in Jacksboro,
Tenn. Bartley is being tried as an adult for
allegedly killing Assistant Principal Ken Bruce
and wounding Principal Gary Seale and Assistant
Principal Jim Pierce at Campbell County
Comprehensive High School on Nov. 8, 2005.
Jo Bruce, the widow of
Assistant Principal Ken Bruce, holds his school
identification badge and a rosary after a plea
deal was announced in the trial of Kenneth
Bartley Jr., Tuesday, April 10, 2007, in
Jacksboro, Tenn. Bartley pleaded guilty Tuesday
in the killing of Bruce and wounding of two
others under a plea deal announced after jury
selection for his trial had started. He was
sentenced to 45 years in adult prison.
District Attorney Paul
Phillips, second from right, talks with Jo
Bruce, left, widow of Ken Bruce, Principal Gary
Seale, second left, and Assistant Principal Jim
Pierce, right, during break in the jury
selection for Kenneth Bartley Tuesday, April 10,
2007 in Jacksboro, Tenn. Bartley is being tried
as an adult for allegedly killing Assistant
Principal Ken Bruce and wounding Seale and
Pierce at Campbell County Comprehensive High
School on Nov. 8, 2005.
Jo Bruce, center, the widow of
Assistant Principal Ken Bruce, Principal Gary
Seale, right, and Assistant Principal Jim Pierce
leave a conference room, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
in Jacksboro, Tenn., after a plea deal was
announced in the trial of Kenneth Bartley Jr.
Bartley pleaded guilty Tuesday in the killing of
Ken Bruce and wounding of Pierce and Seale under
the deal. He was sentenced to 45 years in adult
prison.
Jo Bruce, the widow of
Assistant Principal Ken Bruce, hugs her son
Chris Bruce after the sentencing was announced
in the trial of Kenneth Bartley Jr. Tuesday,
April 10, 2007, in Jacksboro, Tenn. Bartley
pleaded guilty Tuesday in the killing of Ken
Bruce and wounding of two others under a plea
deal announced after jury selection for his
trial had started. He was sentenced to 45 years
in adult prison.
Kenneth S. Bartley and his
mother, Rita Vannoy, take a break in court
proceedings. Bartley was
in Campbell County
Circuit Court on Monday in an attempt to
withdraw his guilty plea.
District Attorney Paul
Phillips, left, questions Kenneth S. Bartley
during a hearing in Campbell County Circuit
Court. Bartley was in court in an
attempt to withdraw his guilty plea in the
killing of a high school assistant principal and
the wounding of two others. Knoxville lawyer
Bruce Poston argued Monday that Bartley was too
young and unsophisticated in the law to know the
intricacies of what he agreed to.
When Principal Gary Seale and Assistant Principals Jim Pierce and
Ken Bruce began questioning the boy, he allegedly opened fire.
Bruce, 48, was shot in the chest and died at a hospital. Seale, 55,
was shot in the lower abdomen and Pierce, 56, was hit in the chest.
Both were hospitalized in intensive care.
