Three shot, two hit by vehicles after shooting outside bar off Nicholasville Road
Three people were shot and two people reported being hit by vehicles fleeing a shooting off Nicholasville Road early Saturday.
Lexington police Lt. Chris Van Brackel said police were called to 161 East Reynolds Road at about 2 a.m. Saturday to respond to a report of a disorder in which shots were fired. A karaoke bar is located at that address.
When officers arrived, Van Brackel said they found one person with a gunshot wound. A second shooting victim was found on the 800 block of Malibu Drive, and he said a third person who was wounded in the shooting showed up at University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center.
Two other people also went to UK hospital on their own, reporting that they were hit by vehicles fleeing the parking lot in the aftermath of the shooting, he said.
None of the injuries was thought to be life-threatening, Van Brackel said. All of the people injured were adults.
No information about possible suspects has been released.
Though no injuries were reported from the shots fired, police said two women went to a hospital after a similar incident early Friday morning.
WKYT reported that someone fired shots after a disorder in the parking lot of the Waffle House on Winchester Road at about 3 a.m. Friday, and a vehicle drove through a group of people. During the same time frame, the women showed up at a local hospital, saying they’d been hit by a vehicle. Police said they believed the incidents were related. The women’s injuries were not critical.
And last Saturday night, five people sustained gunshot wounds in a shooting on East Fifth Street. One of them had life-threatening injuries, police said.
This story was originally published August 7, 2021 at 12:15 PM.
