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Lexington teen accused of attacking his mom is charged in shooting that blinded child

By Jeremy Chisenhall | July 22, 2021 | 11:19 AM | Updated: July 22, 2021 | 4:27 PM



Michael Lemond. Photo: Fayette County Detention Center.

A Lexington teenager accused of punching and shooting his mother has been linked to a 2020 shooting that left a 5-year-old boy blind, according to police and new court records.

Michael Lemond, 18, was charged with two counts of first-degree assault Wednesday after police accused him of firing the shots that struck 5-year-old Malakai Roberts and Roberts’ mother, Cacy Roberts. Malakai was permanently blinded by the shooting after one of the shots went through his head.

The shooting happened around 2 a.m. on Dec. 21, according to police. The shots were fired from outside the Roberts’ home on Catera Trace. Malakai’s injuries were initially considered life-threatening. Four other people were in the home when the shooting occurred, police said at the time.

It seems that Mr Lemond is, allegedly, of course, not a very nice guy. He was already locked up at the time of these new charges, because he had (allegedly) punched and fired three shots at his own mother, on May 23^rd. Police recovered three shell casings at the site.

Malakai Roberts was playing inside his own home, when a bullet came through from outside. The Herald-Leader doesn’t publish mugshots, because they might be harmful to the offenders, but, not to worry, young Mr Roberts will never see the mugshots of the men males responsible for shooting him, because he is permanently blind. When Mr Lemond gets out of jail, he will still be able to see.

2nd Lexington teen charged in shooting that blinded a 5-year-old boy

By Jeremy Chisenhall | July 23, 2021 | 7:13 AM



Teyo Waite. Photo by Fayette County Detention Center.

A second teenager has been charged with assault in a shooting that blinded a 5-year-old boy and injured his mother, according to Lexington police.

Teyo Waite, 18, was arrested Thursday and charged with two counts of assault plus two counts of wanton endangerment, according to jail records. Police confirmed Waite was charged in connection a shooting on Catera Trace which blinded Malakai Roberts, who’s now 6. His mother, Cacy Roberts, was also shot. Other people were in the home at the time, according to arrest records.

The shooting happened around 2 a.m. on Dec. 21, police said. It was one of several shootings that occurred. Malakai was blinded by a bullet that went through his temple and narrowly missed his brain, his family said.



Malakai Roberts sat with his gifts on his 6th birthday. Roberts was permanently blinded when he was unexpectedly shot by someone outside his home on Dec. 21. Photo by Cacy Roberts.

“You won’t find a more sweet kid than Malakai despite what he’s going through,” detective Cal Mattox previously told the Herald-Leader. Mattox, a Lexington police narcotics detective, wasn’t directly involved in the shooting investigation. But he helped launch a fundraiser for the family, which has raised more than $16,500.

Police previously charged another 18-year-old, Michael Lemond, with the same crimes in the same shooting. Lemond was already in jail due to an unrelated arrest, which occurred in May.

If you can spare the money, I urge you to go ahead and make a donation to help young Mr Roberts. The GoFundMe site has, thus far, raised $16,890 for him, but it will never, ever, be able to replace what this young boy has lost. If Messrs Waite and Lemond are convicted for the blinding of Mr Roberts, I would suggest that they should get out of prison the day that Mr Roberts regains his sight.