Lexington police arrest suspect accused of a shooting in a Walmart parking lot
A man has been arrested in connection to a shooting in Lexington Thursday, according to the Lexington Police Department.
Lexington police say the shooting happened just after 1:30 a.m. Thursday in the 500 block of West New Circle Road. A man was found shot and suffering critical injuries when first responders arrived, but he was in stable condition as of Friday morning.
Kenneth Mitchell, 30, has been charged with first-degree assault, two counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, two counts of first-degree criminal mischief and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to court records. Mitchell was arrested Thursday and booked into the Fayette County Detention Center.
An arrest warrant for Mitchell, filed into court records, says the shooting happened in the parking lot of the Walmart on West New Circle Road. Surveillance footage showed the victim leaving Diva’s Gentlemans Club, which is next to the Walmart, in a pickup truck and parking in the Walmart parking lot.
The victim had been in an altercation with several people at the club before leaving, according to the warrant. After the victim parked his truck in the Walmart parking lot, surveillance footage showed another pickup truck park next to the victim, at which point an occupant fired several shots and fled the area.
Investigators tracked down Mitchell with the help of the police department’s Real-Time Intelligence Center, traffic cameras, Flock license plate readers and anonymous tips to Bluegrass Crime Stoppers, according to police. The arrest warrant says Mitchell’s truck was found at Walnut Hill Apartments with shell casings in plain sight.
A vehicle with two people inside was also hit by gunfire in the Walmart parking lot, according to court documents. The occupants were uninjured and damage to the vehicle is expected to be over $1,000.
Damage to the victim’s vehicle was also believed to be over $1,000, court documents say.
Mitchell is being held on a $150,000 bond, according to court records.
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This story was originally published January 19, 2024 at 8:19 AM.
