Justice · Lexington shootingLexington shooting injures two juveniles; nearby school alerts liftedAired November 4, 2026 at 10:48 AM UTCWritten November 4, 2026 at 11:24 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07Gunfire injured two young people in Lexington.0:10Their injuries are reported to be non-life threatening.0:13Nearby schools went on heightened alert during the morning journey to school.0:17Police are still investigating who fired and what led to the shooting.0:21The shooting happened near Honey Jay Court and Center Parkway in Lexington,0:26Kentucky.0:27Nearby police activity prompted precautions at schools on the Tates Creek campus and0:32at Mill Creek Elementary.0:34Families were beginning their school day routines as emergency crews responded.0:38The fire department initially described a shooting with a victim and gave no medical0:43condition.0:44Police later identified two injured juveniles and said their injuries were reported0:49to be non-life threatening.0:51That Fuller finding clarified the toll from the same shooting.0:54Police responded around seven forty-five a.m.0:57on Monday, November second.0:59The alerts at Tates Creek and Mill Creek were lifted at nine forty-eight a.m.1:04that morning.1:05Police continued investigating after the school precautions ended.1:09District police were also on site to provide extra security as needed.1:13Fayette County Public Schools spooksperson Miranda Scully said the schools had1:17raised their alert level because of police activity nearby.1:21The district's precautions extended the shooting's disruption beyond the immediate1:26scene.1:26A neighborhood resident said she heard more than a dozen gunshots.1:30She asked not to be identified.1:32After dropping her children at school, she encountered police tape and emergency1:37vehicles.1:38She described seeing one young person lying in the road.1:42The resident also said a second injured person had gone farther up the road before1:47help arrived.1:48She was describing what she saw and heard.1:51A mother of two young children, she'd lived in the neighborhood for about a decade,1:56and described the experience as frightening.1:58One Lexington sent representatives to support neighbors and families.2:02Its director, Devine Karama.2:05Described children walking and catching buses while a gunshot victim lay in the2:10street.2:11He called it a rough morning.2:13The resident appealed for more positive opportunities and role models for young2:18people.2:18She said children needed something to do, and a difference they could see in adults2:23and the world around them.2:24Her appeal reflected her concern for children growing up in the neighborhood.2:28Karama described the wider challenge facing one Lexington, the city's youth violence2:34prevention initiative.2:35He said shooters and victims often know each other, and that familiarity can fuel2:39retaliatory violence.2:41His team tries to interrupt that cycle through community intervention.2:45Police haven't identified who fired or explained what led to this shooting.2:49They haven't released an update on the two young people's recovery.2:53The investigation remains active.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSS
