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Schools closed for 2nd day amid Floyd Ray Cook manhunt in rural Kentucky
Published May 03, 2016
A rural Kentucky school district has canceled classes for a second straight day as authorities search for a fugitive accused of shooting at law officers in two states.
Cumberland County schools Superintendent Kirk Biggerstaff said Tuesday he doesn't want student waiting for buses in sparsely-populated areas while Floyd Ray Cook is still at large.
The 62-year-old Cook is believed to be on foot after a Saturday shootout with a Kentucky state police trooper. Cook was last seen in the hilly, wooded countryside in Cumberland County, which borders Tennessee.
Cook is charged with attempted first-degree murder in Tennessee for allegedly shooting and wounding a police officer Saturday. Authorities say the officer's life was saved by his bulletproof vest.
Cook is accused of opening fire later Saturday at the Kentucky trooper, who wasn't wounded.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/schools-closed-for-2nd-day-amid-floyd-ray-cook-manhunt-in-rural-kentucky