Lexington man killed in overnight shooting downtown

Karla Ward

June 20, 2021, 12:16 AM·1 min read

A 30-year-old man died after a shooting in downtown Lexington early Saturday.

Lexington police Lt. Dan Truex said police found the man suffering from a gunshot wound in a parking lot near North Mill and West Short streets at about 1:40 a.m. Truex said “a large crowd” had gathered in the area.

The man, identified as Raymar Alvester Webb by the Fayette County coroner’s office, was taken to University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:07 a.m.

Truex said police did not have any information about suspects in the homicide.

Boy shot near Lexington’s Meadowthorpe neighborhood

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