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Suspect Killed After Shooting Trooper at Blue Grass Airport and Attacking Lexington Church

Law enforcement agencies are investigating the suspect’s motive for a shooting that injured worshippers alongside a state trooper.

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Police stand at the front of the Richmond Road Baptist Church following a shooting Sunday in Lexington, Ky.
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Overview

  • The suspect shot a Kentucky State Police trooper on Terminal Drive near Blue Grass Airport at 11:36 a.m. before fleeing in a carjacked vehicle.
  • He drove about 16 miles to Richmond Road Baptist Church where he killed two women and wounded two men as parishioners fled.
  • Responding Kentucky State Police troopers and Lexington officers confronted and fatally shot the attacker at the church.
  • The wounded trooper is in stable condition and the church victims remain hospitalized with injuries ranging from critical to stable.
  • Blue Grass Airport briefly closed a portion of Terminal Drive but resumed normal operations, and multi-agency teams are now probing the motive and timeline.