Multiple People Injured, Including Trooper, In Two Shootings In Kentucky

A authorities trooper and aggregate different group are injured successful what authorities described arsenic a bid of incidents successful Lexington, Kentucky, aft a fishy first changeable astatine nan trooper.

The unidentified fishy changeable a trooper successful Fayette County astatine 11:36 a.m. earlier fleeing, according to a connection from Kentucky State Police. Troopers and nan Lexington Police Department caught up pinch nan fishy astatine nan Richmond Road Baptist Church.

“There are aggregate victims astatine nan church, and EMS is connected nan segment providing care,” authorities constabulary said. “The fishy is deceased.”

No further accusation was provided astir what happened astatine nan religion aliases nan identities of nan victims there. Their conditions and that of nan trooper who was changeable stay unclear.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear confirmed successful a station connected X that location was a 2nd shooting astatine nan church.

“Please believe for everyone affected by these senseless acts of violence, and let’s springiness acknowledgment for nan swift consequence by nan Lexington Police Department and Kentucky State Police,” Beshear wrote. “Details are still emerging, and we will stock much accusation arsenic available.”

State constabulary did not opportunity whether nan incident had immoderate relationship to different shooting reported astatine astir nan aforesaid clip adjacent Blue Grass Airport, astir 16 miles northwest of nan church.

The Lexington Fire Department said it responded to a shooting astatine 11:39 a.m. astatine nan airdrome and transported 1 personification pinch “serious injuries” to nan hospital, according to NBC connection WLEX.

Blue Grass Airport confirmed successful a connection that an “incident” occurred connected a roadway connected airdrome property. The airdrome said it temporarily closed nan roadway and terminal retired of precaution but that it was later reopened.