2 women killed at Kentucky church
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The Lexington Police Department is investigating a homicide after a man was found shot to death on Darien Drive Tuesday afternoon. According to police, officers were dispatched around 1:25 p.m. to a home in the 1800 block of Darien Drive for a report of an unresponsive person.
Concerns about the security of church services have risen in the wake of a deadly shooting at a Lexington church.One security expert says active shootings in churches have gone up across the nation in the past ten years,
After wounding a Kentucky State Police trooper, police say Guy House headed for Richmond Road Baptist Church in a stolen vehicle.
The idea that you’d be at church on a Sunday and be subjected to violence is antithetical to what our country is," Gov. Andy Beshear said.
The pain of Sunday’s shooting is felt all across Lexington. For the people living in the 12th district, it happened right in their backyard.
A spokesperson at Sayre Christian Village tells LEX18 that Guy House's past connection to this community may have influenced his actions.
The day was interrupted when a man came on church property and shot four people, killing two women and injuring two men. The two women were identified as 72-year-old Beverly Gumm and 32-year-old Christina Combs. One man is in critical condition while the other is stable.