Lexington police shoot, kill man near Nicholasville Road; KSP to investigate
A 47-year-old man was shot and killed by Lexington police officers early Tuesday morning, according to the Lexington Police Department.
The shooting happened around 12:24 a.m. on the 200 block of Regency Point Path off Nicholasville Road. LPD said three officers were responding to a report of a disorder with a weapon and when they arrived they reported they saw a man with a gun.
Shots were fired and the man was struck, LPD said. No details were released about who fired the shots.
The man was transported to University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital with serious injures and later died.
No officers were shot, according to LPD.
It is unknown what happened between when officers arrived on-scene and when shots were fired. LPD said the three officers had their body-worn cameras activated during the incident.
The officers have been placed on administrative assignment while the investigation unfolds, according to LPD. Kentucky State Police’s Critical Incident Response Team is leading the investigation into the shooting, as is typical when law enforcement officers are involved in shootings.
“To protect the integrity of an ongoing investigation, it is KSP’s standard operating procedure not to release specific details until vital witnesses have been interviewed and pertinent facts gathered. Timelines to complete investigations vary based on the complexity of the case,” KSP said in a press release.
LPD will also conduct an internal review of the shooting, LPD said.
This is the second shooting involving an LPD officer this year. Just over one month ago three men opened fire on a Lexington police detective who was conducting surveillance in an unmarked vehicle.
The detective was shot in the thigh but did not require hospitalization, police previously said. The three men were charged with attempted murder of a police officer, second-degree assault (police officer), first-degree criminal mischief and six counts of first-degree wanton endangerment
This story was originally published April 2, 2024 at 7:00 AM.
