On October 16th, we noted Lexington’s 30th homicide, which tied the then-record set in 2019. Then, on October 27th, we reported on number 31, followed by number 32 on the 29th.
So, now it’s November 5th, and the city is up to homicide number 33:
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Lexington Police responded to a shots fired call after 2:30 a.m. Friday morning at a house on West Main Street.
Police are investigating this incident as a homicide, which they say occurred upstairs in an apartment.
The owner of Trifecta, the location where the shooting happened, told LEX 18 that the victim who died upstairs is not a tenant there. “We appreciate everyone’s concern and know everything will be okay. We’re cooperating with authorities to do whatever we can to solve the case,” the owner said.
On the 700th block of west Main Street in Lexington where a death investigation is underway. Coroner is in scene. @LEX18News pic.twitter.com/045mfBs7qs
— Christiana Ford (@christianaford_) November 5, 2021
That’s four homicides in twenty days, well above the current annual rate of one every 9½ days. The city is on pace for 39 homicides now, which would shatter the current record of 34, set just last year.
But, if you get pissed off at someone in Lexington, you might as well shoot him! Out of 113 active shooting investigations — and, as of this writing, the Lexington Police Department last updated the shootings investigations page on October 28 — only 12 are listed as solved. Of the homicides, only 12 out of the 31 listed — that page is behind on updates, too — have been solved.
So it appears the cops in Lexington are no better than those elsewhere. Unless a family member or someone very close to the victim commits the murder it’s unlikely to be solved.
It’s why serial killers seem to operate with impunity for years sometimes decades.
I also like how (at least in Philly) the media seem to call all murders “gun violence”. Either that or they aren’t reporting stabbings, beatings etc. that result in murder.