Police: Two people killed, two injured in series of shootings across Lexington over about seven hours

Lexington police said two people were killed and two others were injured in a series of shootings that occurred across the city over roughly seven hours late Friday and into early Saturday. The incidents involved four separate shootings, according to the department’s account reported by LEX18.

The shootings were spread over multiple locations across Lexington, with officers responding to calls during the overnight window. Police did not indicate in the report whether the victims were targeted by a common suspect, but they described the sequence as a related series and said detectives are working to determine what happened.

In total, two people died and two others were taken into custody of the medical system after being shot, the report said. LEX18 characterized the injury count as two people injured across the incidents, while two fatalities resulted from the shootings during the same time frame.

The police response included patrol and investigation as calls were made throughout the seven-hour period. The department’s statements, as reflected in the report, focused on coordinating the incidents and gathering information from the scenes to establish timelines and potential links between the shootings.

Police did not provide identifying details in the reported summary, such as the victims’ names, ages, or the precise addresses of the shooting locations. The report also did not include details on the condition of the injured people beyond the fact that two were injured as a result of the shootings.

Investigators are continuing to review the circumstances of each shooting and to determine whether the events should be treated as part of a connected pattern. The ongoing inquiry is expected to involve collecting witness statements, reviewing any available surveillance or physical evidence, and reconciling the incident timeline across the city.

Members of the public are often advised in such cases to share any information with law enforcement, particularly if they observed anything unusual near the locations during the overnight hours. Police are treating the matter as an active investigation as Lexington continues to monitor developments.