Updated: Fight leads to deadly shooting in downtown Lexington, records say
Lexington police have arrested three people in connection with a shooting in downtown Lexington that left one person dead and another with life-threatening injuries early Saturday.
Police announced the arrests in a news release late Saturday afternoon, saying the three suspects, Juan Linares, 23; Humberto Saucedo-Salgado, 25; and Oziel Saucedo-Salgado, 28, were being held in the Fayette County Detention Center.
Humberto and Oziel Saucedo-Salgado were both released from the jail just before 9 p.m. Saturday after each posted a $10,000, according to Major Matthew LeMonds at the Lexington jail.
The name of the person who died in the shooting has not been released.
Lexington police said they found two males when they were called to the 300 block of West Short Street at 2:52 a.m. to investigate a report of shots fired. The scene is at or near the Victorian Square Parking Garage.
When officers arrived, one of the victims was suffering from gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The other was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.
An arrest citation says a verbal altercation with Linares and two other people led to a physical altercation with Linares’ family and two others. At the end of the fight, Linares shot one of the victims, who was laying defenseless on the ground, according to court records.
Court records also say Humberto Saucedo-Salgado, who resides in Phoenix, Az., caused physical injuries to one of the victims with his hands and feet. That victim was taken to the emergency room and intubated due to his injuries.
Police did not specify the ages of the victims. They said the name of the person who died will be released by the Fayette County Coroner’s Office.
Police said Linares is charged with murder, while Humberto Saucedo-Salgado and Oziel Saucedo-Salgado are charged with first-degree assault.
The shooting was Lexington’s sixth homicide of 2022 and third homicide in the 300 block of West Short Street in less than a year.
On Oct. 25, John Tyler Abner, 31, died of blunt force trauma after being assaulted by Benjamin Call, 39, in the Victorian Square garage, police said.
And on June 19, Raymar Alvester Webb, 30, died after being shot in a parking lot near North Mill and West Short streets. Brandon Dockery, 32, is accused of shooting Webb and was apprehended July 28 after being wounded in an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement.
Police asked anyone with information about the shooting Saturday to call them at (859) 258-3600. Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Bluegrass Crime Stoppers at (859) 253-2020, visiting Bluegrasscrimestoppers.com or going through the P3 tips app at P3tips.com.
This story was originally published March 5, 2022 at 2:04 PM.
