Earlier in the day, school principal Gary Seale received information that student Kenneth Bartley, Jr. was armed with a handgun.
Seale and Pierce were transported by helicopter to the University of Tennessee Medical Center, while Bruce was treated at St. Mary's Hospital in LaFollette.
In October 2010, his attorney filed a petition for post-conviction relief, stating that Bartley accepted the plea bargain without having a "meaningful opportunity" to discuss it with his parents.
[7] Bartley was arrested on June 21, 2014, when his father called police and said his son threatened to kill him over a set of vehicle keys and was intoxicated.
Bartley was released from jail on June 23, 2014, on charges of domestic assault, felony escape and resisting arrest on a 2,000 dollar unsecured bond and an agreement to continue to live with his father and refrain from alcohol and drugs.
[8] On July 10, 2014, Bartley was confirmed to be back in custody after trying to hit two deputies when they were investigating a probation violation.
In 2015, Bartley was allowed to live with his counselor at her home in Vienna, Va., in lieu of a jail sentence for violating his probation.
The counselor, Erin Tepaske, promised to get him mental health and substance abuse treatment, In May, Tepaske's 3-year-old son Beckett Josef Podominick died, allegedly from falling and hitting his head while under Bartley's care, and while Bartley was not considered a suspect in the child's death, he was wanted in Tennessee for a probation violation.