North Carolina man shot by Lexington police officers dies at hospital, coroner says
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- Officers shot a vehicle occupant while stopping a car linked to active felony warrants.
- Brooks Plemmons died at University of Kentucky Hospital; autopsy pending.
- Kentucky State Police lead the probe; officers’ body cameras were activated.
The North Carolina man shot by Lexington police officers during a traffic stop Tuesday afternoon has died.
The Fayette County Coroner’s Office confirmed Friday that Brooks Plemmons, 40, of Clemmons, N.C., was pronounced dead at 6:22 p.m. Thursday at University of Kentucky Hospital. The cause and manner of his death are pending an autopsy.
Plemmons was shot by three Lexington police officers around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday near Alumni Drive and Yellowstone Parkway. The Lexington Police Department said officers were trying to pull over Plemmons’ vehicle due to outstanding felony warrants and shot him during the encounter.
He was taken to the hospital by ambulance with life-threatening injuries, and none of the officers involved were injured, LPD said later that evening.
Police have not released the names of the officers involved or provided details on why they fired on Plemmons. Kentucky State Police is leading the investigation. LPD officials said a gun was reportedly found near him.
Plemmons was wanted on prior warrants of first-degree kidnapping, assault by strangulation, discharge of a weapon on occupied property, possession of firearm by convicted felon and other charges in North Carolina. The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said the charges stemmed from a domestic violence incident that had occurred just days prior.
It’s unclear why Plemmons was in Lexington Tuesday.
LPD said it received a Flock license plate reader alert for Plemmons’ vehicle at 2:29 p.m. Tuesday. The camera system captures license plate images and other information about vehicles on the road and checks it against online data to detect vehicles associated with crimes or missing persons cases.
A drone and police helicopter tracked Plemmons’ vehicle to Alumni Drive and Yellowstone Parkway, where the shooting occurred.
The officers had their body-worn cameras activated during the shooting, according to police. The video footage has not been released.
