Updated: Coroner identifies woman killed in shooting outside a Lexington Waffle House
A 22-year-old woman was killed in a shooting outside a Lexington Waffle House early Sunday, according to the Fayette County coroner’s office and Lexington police.
Jaimesha Sharmae Beattie, 22, was hit by gunfire in the Waffle House parking lot in the 800 block of South Broadway, the coroner’s office said in a news release. The shooting happened around 4:42 a.m., according to the coroner, who released her name Monday.
Beattie died at the scene, the coroner’s office said. An autopsy was scheduled to be performed Monday at the state Medical Examiner’s Office in Louisville.
Two other people were shot, according to Daniel Burnett, an acting lieutenant with the Lexington Police Department. They were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, he said. They were identified Monday as a 26-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman, according to the Lexington Police Department.
Police received another report of a shooting in the 3600 block of Tates Creek Road less than 20 minutes after the Waffle House shooting, Burnett said. An adult victim was taken to a local hospital, Burnett said. They were believed to be in “critical but stable” condition, according to the most recent update police received, Burnett said.
It was too early in the investigation to determine if the shootings were connected, Burnett said.
“That’s one of the many things that we’re exploring, but that’s undetermined,” he said.
This story was originally published August 23, 2021 at 7:27 AM.