Crime

Police: Teenager charged with murder, assault in separate Lexington shootings

An 18-year-old has been arrested and charged with murder in a 2019 homicide case that now has four defendants, according to Lexington police.

Police said Tuesday they had charged the 18-year-old in the death of Damontrial Daquan Fulgham, 23. Fulgham was killed on Dec. 10, 2019, during a shooting on Osage Court. The 18-year-old is one of four charged with murder in the homicide, according to court records. The others are John Boulder IV, Jo’Qwan Jackson and Javari Butler.

Police said the 18-year-old was also charged with assault, two counts of robbery and evidence tampering.

Some of the 18-year-old’s charges stemmed from a separate shooting in 2019 in the 900 block of Red Mile Road, police said. He was accused of shooting a 17-year-old the night before the Osage Court homicide. The victim’s injury wasn’t life-threatening.

Police didn’t name the arrested suspect, but Andre Tennial Hilliard, 18, was booked in the Lexington-Fayette County Detention Center Monday on charges of murder, assault, robbery, evidence tampering and being a minor in possession of a handgun.

Hilliard was picked up by the Fayette County sheriff’s office at the Barren County Detention Center, according to jail records.

The suspect was a minor at the time of the killing. Prosecutors will decide if he’s prosecuted as a juvenile or an adult, according to police.

This story was originally published June 1, 2021 at 12:15 PM.

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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