Police press conference planned after officer-involved shooting in Lexington

Jeremy Chisenhall, Rayleigh Deaton
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Kentucky State Police are investigating a shooting involving Lexington police in a residential area off East New Circle Road.

Lexington police confirmed there was an officer-involved shooting hours after police cars responded to the residential area around Thirlstane Court. The cul-de-sac was blocked off at Harrogate Road. Thirlstane is in a neighborhood between Bryan Station and Winchester roads.

An ambulance left the scene accompanied by several police vehicles, and several officers in “rescue task force” vests walked toward Harrogate from the end of Thirlstane.

Lexington police said a press conference with KSP was planned for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Clay Carroll, a salesman at Big Blue Auto, which backs up to the end to the end of Thirlstane, said he did not know about the incident until a customer came in and told him.

“I thought I did hear a gunshot, but I just kind of mistook it for fireworks,” he said. “I didn’t see anything, though, because we have a fence that runs the perimeter of the dealership.”

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