Crime

Homicide victim was last seen in teenage woman’s car, Central Kentucky police say

Paris police are searching for a teenage woman and a 21-year-old man as two “persons of interest” following a fatal shooting last month.

Police said Monday that 21-year-old Tyre Q. Conner and 18-year-old Emilia Isabella Zahabi Wisdom were wanted for questioning. Conner and Wisdom are both from Winchester, police said.

The shooting occurred on Dec. 21, police said. After reporting Officers found Jekobi Wells, a 21-year-old Paris resident, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds after he was observed exiting a vehicle about 5:37 p.m. at the corner of Williams and Marshall streets. He later died, police said.

“Wells was last seen in (Wisdom’s) car before he was found with his injuries,” police said Monday in a Facebook post.

Conner was described as about 5-feet-5-inches, 130 pounds. Wisdom was described as about 5-feet-1-inches, 140 pounds. They were last seen in a 2010 Ford Fusion which was gold or tan in color, police said. The Kentucky license plate number was 141 TXZ, police said.

The car was registered to Wisdom and her mother, according to police.

“The two individuals are not to be approached as it is believed they are armed,” police said in a Facebook post Monday.

Police urged anyone with information on their locations to call local law enforcement. The Paris Police Department can be contacted at 859-987-2100.

This story was originally published January 12, 2021 at 7:27 AM.

Jeremy Chisenhall
Lexington Herald-Leader
Jeremy Chisenhall covers criminal justice and breaking news for the Lexington Herald-Leader and Kentucky.com. He joined the paper in 2020, and is originally from Erlanger, Ky.
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