17-year-old Lexington homicide victim from Pemberton Lane shooting identified
A 17-year-old was killed in the third shooting reported in Lexington Sunday, according to police.
Investigators responded to the shooting around 9:13 p.m. Sunday in the area of Pemberton Lane and Stolle Poole Court, according to Daniel Burnett, an acting lieutenant with the Lexington Police Department. The neighborhood is near East Loudon Avenue.
A victim was taken to a local hospital, Burnett said. The victim “subsequently succumbed to their injuries.”
Berkley Parks died at the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital at 11:52 p.m., according to the Fayette County coroner’s office.
Police Sgt. Donnell Gordon said the victim had been shot multiple times.
Parks’ death was Lexington’s 26th homicide of the year, according to police data.
The other two shootings that occurred Sunday were early in the morning, police said. The first was in the parking lot of a Waffle House on South Broadway around 4:42 a.m., according to police and the coroner’s office. Multiple people were injured, and a 22-year-old woman was killed, Burnett said.
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.
Anyone with information about the shootings was asked to contact Lexington police by calling (859) 258-3600. Anonymous tips can be submitted to Bluegrass Crime Stoppers by calling (859) 253-2020, online at www.bluegrasscrimestoppers.com, or through the P3 tips app available at www.p3tips.com.
This story was originally published August 23, 2021 at 12:03 PM.