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here's the story from the Lexington Herald.. http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/12699934.htm

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."