Lexington shooter arrested A previously convicted felon with a gun; imagine my surprise

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On October 10th, we reported on a double shooting on Endon Drive in Lexington, one in which the assailant fled.

Marlon Griffin. October 19, 2021. Photo by Fayette County Detention Center, and is a public record.

Now a suspect has been busted: 23-year-old Marlon Griffin was identified by Lexington Police Officers the following day due to witness identification and video surveillance which caught the entire incident on tape. He was arrested by Lexington Police at a Motel 6 on October 19th.

Of course, the Lexington Herald-Leader declined to print Mr Griffin’s mugshot, but in searching the jail records, I found not just the one in the photo to the right, but two more, dated December 20, 2016 and April 18, 2017. He’s been a very naughty boy!

The mugshot taken on December 20, 2016? That was just three months and two days after he had turned 18; if Mr Griffin has a juvenile record, it is not publicly available.

The current charges against Mr Griffin are:

  • Assault, 1st degree (One count);
  • Assault, 2nd degree (One count);
  • Wanton endangerment, 1st degree (Five counts); and
  • Possession of a handgun by a convicted felon (One count).

How, I have to ask, could Mr Griffin had a firearm? As a previously convicted felon, it would have been illegal for him to purchase one, and we know that gun control laws work, right?

The newspaper declined to print Mr Griffin’s mugshot, but note: he is a previously convicted felon. I get it: the McClatchy Mugshot Policy says that publishing mugshots can harm people charged but never convicted, but Mr Griffin is a previously convicted felon.

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3 thoughts on “Lexington shooter arrested A previously convicted felon with a gun; imagine my surprise”

  1. He’s also a POC (piece of crap) and they hate to publish those folks pictures because oit undermines the narrative that they are all brain surgeons and Michelangelo grade artists.

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