Victim identified in Lexington’s 13th slaying of 2017

The Fayette County Coroner’s Office has released the name of a 29-year-old man who was killed Monday in a Greenleaf Drive shooting.

Austin Murphy was found dead outside the house at 1957 Greenleaf Drive after police received a report of a fight in the area involving a weapon at 4:48 p.m. Monday, according to the coroner’s office and police.

Hours after the shooting, police announced that Curtis Flora, 65, was charged with murder after he identified himself as the shooter and told detectives he’d been in a lengthy dispute with Murphy. Flora and Murphy lived on the same street.

This is the 13th murder case reported in Lexington this year. All have involved firearms.

Flora is being held in the Fayette County jail.

This story was originally published July 31, 2017 at 8:02 PM with the headline "Victim identified in Lexington’s 13th slaying of 2017."