Berea Ky Shooter

The coroner remained on the scene late Monday morning of a double shooting in Berea that left one man dead and the suspect on the run.

Police say Matthew Denholm, 27, shot and killed one person and injured another in an apartment above a law office along Chestnut Street just after 7 a.m.

Police have not identified the victims, saying only they were both males. The injured man was taken to UK Hospital. No word on the extent of his injuries.

Police say Denholm may be driving a black 2005 four-door Pontiac Grand Prix GT with Kentucky license plate 182-OAN. He's described as white male, approximately 6-foot-1, 200 pounds with closely cropped dark hair. He may have another person with him, a white male.

According to his uncle, Denholm joined the U.S. Army after graduating high school, and did some of the most dangerous work a person can do overseas, as he was responsible for disarming road-side bombs and explosives to clear the way for U.S. troops to get around.

Denholm served in both Iraq and Afghanistan, his uncle said. Matthew Denholm described the high-pressure situations he was in to his uncle as ones in which he wasn't entitled to make any mistakes. Still, Frank Denholm says that when he last saw Matthew, there were no signs that he was unstable.

"When he left, our local legion had a little luncheon for his going away party when he went in to service, and they had a reception for him when he came back," said Frank Denholm. "He seemed to be well-adjusted and talked to people alright."

Denholm added that he also gave his nephew a flag pin before he left for overseas, and still had it when he came back. Frank Denholm also says he hadn't been in touch with Matthew Denholm since Matthew moved away to Kentucky.

Police say Denholm worked as a public safety officer at Berea College, and that he may be armed with two high-powered rifles and a bullet-proof vest.

Denholm had an appointment scheduled for Monday at 10 a.m. at the VA Hospital on Leestown Road in Lexington.

Berea College canceled classes Monday. The afternoon kindergarten and preschool at Shannon Johnson Elementary and Silver Creek Elementary have been cancelled. A lockdown remains in place at this time for Madison Southern High, Foley Middle, Farristown Middle, Shannon Johnson and Silver Creek.