It was only three days ago that we reported:

It was just ten days ago that we reported that Lexington had tied it’s then-record of 30 homicides recorded in 2019, a record rewritten with 34 killings in 2020. Alas! that number 30 didn’t last for long. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported a 9:50 PM Monday assault in the Victorian Square Parking Garage at 350 West Short Street, in which one man died at the scene from his injuries. A suspect was taken to the hospital with unspecified injuries.

And now, homicide number 32 has occurred:

Teen shot, found dead inside flipped vehicle near Lexington Cemetery. Name released.

By Christopher Leach | October 29, 2021 | 7:31 AM EDT | Updated: 7:44 AM EDT

A teenager in Lexington is dead after being found with a gunshot wound inside a flipped vehicle on Price Road Thursday night, according to Lexington police.

Sergio Villarados, 17, died from a gunshot wound at 9:24 p.m. Thursday, per the Fayette County coroner. His death was a homicide, marking the 32nd killing in Lexington this year.

The call first came in at 8:51 p.m. about a single-vehicle car crash on Price Road, which is adjacent to the Suburban Mobile Home Park and the Lexington Cemetery, according to Lt. Chris Van Brackel. Upon arrival, officers found Villarados and another person inside the flipped vehicle.

A second person was found in the wrecked vehicle, also with a gunshot wound, but one not considered life threatening, and was transported to the hospital.

Immediately prior to the crash, police had responded to a shots fired call on Breathitt Avenue, which is only 6 minutes away from Price Road, though the Lexington Police Department is not certain that the incidents are related.

Thirty-two homicides in 301 days works out to a pace which would have 38.80 homicides for the year. At the current pace of a murder every ten days, the city could pass the record of 34 by the end of November.

WLEX-TV, Channel 18, reports that the other passenger was a 19-year-old woman. No other details were reported.

His mother, Alvis Villarau, tells us through a relative translating from Spanish that her son was a hard-working young man and a senior at Dunbar High School who loved playing soccer.

“He was a really good young man,” she said. “He didn’t do anything wrong to no one. He always liked playing soccer.”

Kind of makes you wonder: if he did nothing wrong to anyone, why was he shot?

I think I’m getting cynical.